A free guide for anyone navigating loss. Discover your grief style, get practical strategies, and find out why grief looks so different from person to person.
By Susan Repa, ICF-Certified Grief Coach and Founder of Grief Squad
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Grief does not follow a script. It does not have a timeline. And it definitely does not look the same for everyone. If you have ever felt like you were grieving too much, too little, or just differently than the people around you, this guide was written for you.
You lost someone and the grief keeps catching you off guard
You feel like you should be over it by now
Someone you love is grieving and you do not know how to help
Your family is grieving the same loss in completely different ways
You are grieving something other than a death and feel like that does not count
You want practical tools, not just platitudes
Why grief is not linear, not predictable, and not something you can rush. A grounding place to start.
The four tasks of grief that help you understand where you are in the process without judging yourself.
A short quiz to identify whether you are a Physical, Emotional, Mental, or Spiritual griever. Most people are a blend.
Specific, doable strategies for each grief style. Not generic advice. Tools that match how you actually process loss.
How to navigate a household where everyone is grieving differently, including a section specifically for kids.
Rooted in the Medicine Wheel, these teachings affirm that every way of grieving is valid and worthy of respect.
Most people are a blend of all four styles. Understanding your primary style helps you stop judging your own grief and start working with it.
You feel grief in your body. Sleep changes, appetite shifts, tension in your shoulders. You cope by moving, doing, taking care of physical needs.
You feel grief as waves of emotion. Sadness, anger, guilt, love. You need to talk it out, cry it out, and feel heard.
You process grief by seeking understanding. You ask why. You research, read, and need things to make sense before you can move forward.
You grieve through meaning-making. Prayer, nature, ceremony, or a sense of something larger than yourself. You need connection to what endures.
Susan Repa is an ICF-certified grief coach, educator, and the founder of Grief Squad. With over 20 years in health education, she supports individuals and families through loss with compassion, creativity, and practical tools.
She is the author of the children's comic book series Grief Squad, a contributor at CoachingHub.ca, and the creator of Simply Well Woman, where she shares wellness tools for women navigating midlife, loss, and reinvention.
Her mission is simple: to make grief feel less lonely, one conversation at a time.
This guide will not fix your grief. Nothing will. But it might help you understand it a little better, and that can make a real difference.
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Grief does not have a finish line. But having the right tools can make the journey a little less overwhelming. This guide is yours, free, whenever you are ready.
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