I support bereaved mothers two or more years after child loss who keep showing up for everyone else but feel disconnected from themselves and their lives.
Grief can change your identity, relationships, confidence, daily life, and future. Rebuilding does not mean moving on or leaving your child behind. It means learning how to live in the life that exists now while continuing to carry your love with you.
Grief doesn't only change what you lost. It can change you.
After the death of your child, you may look around and realize that almost everything feels different.
Your routines may change. Your relationships may change. Your confidence, priorities, and the future you once imagined may no longer feel familiar.
While the world may be waiting for you to return to normal, you may already know the truth:
The old normal no longer fits.
That does not mean your life is over. It means the life ahead may need to be built differently, with room for your grief, the love you will always carry, and the person you are becoming.
My Story
I didn’t choose grief. But eventually, I had to decide what I would do with the life I still had.
In August 2008, my world changed forever when my 11-year-old daughter, Chanell, died suddenly from an asthma attack. At the time, I was pregnant and raising two teenage sons. Life did not pause to give me room to grieve. People still needed me, so I stayed strong for everyone else and internalized my pain.
For years, I survived. But surviving and living are not the same. Eventually, I began asking questions I did not hear enough people talking about: Who am I now? How do I live in a life I never expected? Can I experience joy without feeling like I am leaving Chanell behind?
Those questions became part of my own rebuilding. Today, as a Certified Grief Educator, I help bereaved mothers understand how grief can change their identity, relationships, daily life, and future, and begin rebuilding without pressure to move on, forget, or become who they were before.
Chanell, my daughter and the heart behind The Grieving Moms.
Chanell is the reason The Grieving Moms exists. Losing her at 11 years old changed every part of my life. What began as my need to survive became a space where bereaved mothers could feel seen, speak their child’s name, and begin rebuilding without leaving them behind.
The Heart Behind This Work
You don't have to rebuild everything at once.
Rebuilding after loss can affect every part of your life. My work helps you understand what grief has changed and begin with the part of your life that needs attention now, without pressure to rush, move on, or become who you were before.
GRIEF EDUCATION
Understand how grief can affect your identity, relationships, routines, confidence, and the way you see your future.
LIFE AFTER LOSS RESOURCES
Use practical tools, reflections, and guidance to create stability and take manageable steps at your own pace.
WORKSHOPS & CONVERSATIONS
Explore honest conversations about guilt, joy, boundaries, purpose, relationships, and learning to live alongside grief.
Ways I Support You:
How I Help
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The Rebuilding Her Community
THE REBUILDING HER COMMUNITY
A place to be understood while you rebuild.
The Rebuilding Her Community is being created for bereaved mothers learning how to live in a life changed by loss.
Inside, you’ll find honest conversations, grief education, practical resources, and meaningful connection with women who understand. Together, we’ll explore identity, routines, relationships, confidence, joy, and the future without rushing grief or pretending the loss no longer matters.
You will never be pressured to move on, leave your child behind, or rebuild everything at once. You can begin exactly where you are.
THE LIFE AFTER LOSS CHECK-IN
A gentle workbook to help you understand what grief has changed, identify what needs care first, and choose one manageable next step.
You do not have to figure out your whole life at once. This workbook gives you a gentle place to begin with where you are today.
WHAT’S INSIDE THE LIFE AFTER LOSS CHECK-IN?
Grief can change more than how you feel. This workbook helps you pause, notice what has shifted, and choose a starting point without pressure to fix everything.
A gentle check-in for where you are today
Reflection on the parts of life grief may have changed
A simple exercise to identify what needs care first
Space to choose one manageable next step
SUPPORT GROUNDED IN EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
This is not about fixing grief. It is about understanding what loss has changed and helping you begin from where you are.
LIVED EXPERIENCE
My daughter Chanell died suddenly in 2008.
I understand what it means to keep living while carrying a loss that remains part of you.
This work honors the reality of long-term grief.
GRIEF EDUCATION
Certified Grief Educator through David Kessler and grief.com
Education about how grief can affect identity, routines, relationships, confidence, and the future.
Practical guidance without timelines, pressure, or quick fixes.
GRIEF AND REBUILDING
Your grief does not need to become smaller for your life to grow.
Rebuilding happens at your pace.
Your child, your love, and the person you are becoming all have a place here.
You do not have to perform strength here. You can show up exactly as you are.
Let’s Walk This Together
You do not have to choose between honoring your grief and rebuilding your life.
Grief can change your identity, routines, relationships, confidence, and the future you once imagined.
You do not have to rush, move on, or return to who you were before. You can honor your child, carry your love, and begin rebuilding at your own pace.
I’m creating The Rebuilding Her Community so bereaved mothers can find honest conversations, practical guidance, and meaningful connection with women who understand.
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💛 Paula P. Griffith
Certified Grief Educator
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