Grief and Gratitude Workbook - Building Your Holiday Action Plan

Grief and Gratitude

Building Your Coping Action Plan

A Workbook

Do you want to

Feel at peace?

Do you feel dread around holidays, family gatherings, or grief-iversaries (anniversaries of a loss)?

Do you try to "put on your happy face" for others, or feel like "too much" when you try to talk about your pain with loved ones?

We created this workbook for you! (and, to be honest, for us... grief is hard!)

Yes, Please

...Really, Any Time of Year

This digital workbook walks you through how to develop your own personalized plan to better cope with the anticipatory grief around holidays, anniversaries, or any triggering time.

Enjoy the freedom to complete the workbook at your own pace. You will learn tools to buoy you during this holiday season, as well as through any future difficult time that triggers grief from previous losses.

**This is essentially a self-led course, designed after a course to be released at yahdavhanlon.com in 2022!

I WANT THIS

Does this sound like you?

You put on that "happy face" to get through the holidays, and then crash after.

You feel torn between wanting to do something special on a deathiversary, and wishing you could hide until that date is over.

Inside you are screaming for someone to notice your heartbreak underneath the forced smiles and keeping up with the daily grind.

Yup, I need this

What's inside

Grief and Loss Awareness

Awareness is the first step of the process for understanding yourself and what you need. You will feel at peace just from letting yourself feel it.

Permissions & Affirmations

What of your "shoulds" or to do list can you set down for now or shift? How can you remind yourself of your grief needs and boundaries?

Traditions

Take the opportunity to reflect on your traditions. Do some traditions need to change? Maybe it’s time to say goodbye to what some traditions were and create new ones.

Support Network

Who can you call for a video chat or a walk or a hug?

Who can you contact when you need someone to simply hold space for you and not say a word or try to fix you?

Setting Boundaries

Boundaries help us protect our emotional and physical energy - we need all the help we can get when in a grief fog

We like to say that if it’s not a "hell yes", then it is a "no".

Self-care

What will help you when you need to take a break? How can you make space for your grief?

How can you proactively fill your cup in the most compassionate way?