Discover the Essentials of Good Grief Parenting
Have confidence that you're helping your child grieve well
Have hope for a future filled with bright possibilities and even joy 

Learn the 4 Keys of Good Grief parenting 
Be confident that you are helping your child grieve well and hopeful about a future filled with bright possibilities and even joy

​The death of a child leaves a family devastated with unimaginable grief. Parents suffer "the worst loss," but they are not the only ones who grieve. Siblings grieve, too—even the very young. 

Few people really think about what it's like for a child to live after their brother or sister dies. The young sibling's very identity is shattered, now a sister or brother left to grow up without the other. When my 6-year-old son died, my 3 1/2-year-old daughter said, "Mommy, half of me is gone." No longer having her brother beside her, she is a sibling by heart. 

​As a parent you are twice heartbroken, grieving not only for your child who died, but also for your living child. Life will never be as it was meant to be for the child who lives. Yet children are forgotten grievers, and the parents who love them are at a loss with no place to turn for help. 

​Do you wonder HOW you can possibly help to heal your grieving child's pain . . . or give your child a whole and happy life in spite of the irreconcilable loss?

Hello. I'm Michele.

I'm glad you found me! I've been where you are.

Now, as a  parent mentor, family educator, and Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®, ​I help parents help their children heal from grief and remake their lives when hopes and dreams have been stolen by the death of a child. I offer hope for creating new dreams and living joy beyond loss. 

​My heart's desire is to equip you with a powerful approach for parenting amidst circumstances you never imagined your family facing. 

Get the Good Grief Guide

Working with me you will . . .

• Create a hope-filled family environment with dreams and possibilities that lead to thriving beyond loss. ​
  
  
• Recognize grief as a normal, natural response to loss that is necessary for healing and makes possible the remaking of a meaning-full life.
  
  
• Learn healthy ways for you and your child to grieve—beyond simply understanding how children and adults grieve differently.
  
  
• Gain life skills that will equip your child and yourself to face inevitable losses and manage difficult emotions well.
  
  
• Discover your own heart-led wisdom and have the confidence to advocate for your sibling by heart's unique needs. 
  
  
• Nurture your child's sense of self while honoring the unique relationship of siblings by heart. 
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• Take care of yourself while taking care of your child. 

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Start now! Get the Good Grief Guide

Grief is in two parts. The first is loss.
​The second is the remaking of life.
- ​​Anne Roiphe