Grieving Hearts
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A mother's grief is unlike any other.
Her care should be, too.
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We walk beside mothers after the loss of a child.
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Offering gentle no-cost support through one-on-one care,
in-person and online groups, trauma-informed guidance,
and creative and somatic experiences.​
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So that no grieving mother feels alone
or has to explain.​​​
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Who We Are
Grieving Hearts is a peer-based community of mothers,
founded by a doctor of psychology and psychotherapist
who lost a child herself—
bringing together lived experience and professional insight
to support other grieving mothers.​​
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Why We Exist
The loss of a child changes everything.​
It reaches into a mother’s body,
her daily life, her sense of who she is,
and her relationships.
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Many mothers feel deeply alone-
even when they are surrounded by people who love them.
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They may feel misunderstood,
uncertain how to move through their days,
and overwhelmed by what is happening within them.​
While there are organizations that support grieving families,
a mother’s needs are not always fully seen,
understood, or truly supported.​
Grieving Hearts exists
so that mothers can find each other,
be deeply understood,
and not have to carry this alone.
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The Grieving Hearts Healing Model
Because this kind of loss touches every part of a mother's life,
she needs support that can meet her in all of it.
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​Grieving Hearts walks alongside each mother—in the earliest days and even after the attention fades, as she learns to carry her loss with love.
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​We support mothers in five essential ways:
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​​Belonging → Support → Making Sense → Expression → Remembrance
Belonging
— where you're not alone
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​Be with mothers who understand without needing to explain —
beyond when the initial attention fades.
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Support
— when you need it most
Emotional and practical support for mothers facing overwhelming or urgent circumstances.
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​​​​Making Sense
— understanding what you're experiencing​​
Gentle, trauma-informed guidance to help make sense of the overwhelm and confusion —within and around you.​
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Expression
— grief needs to be expressed, not held in
Through creative and body-based experiences, mothers have space to release what cannot be put into words — so it's not pushed away or carried only inside.​
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Remembrance
— staying connected, always
​Your child is, and will always be, part of you.​​​​​​​
We provide meaningful ways to stay connected in love.
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What This Means
A mother whose adult child passed away found herself deeply isolated.
Others believed her grief should be brief.
Through Grieving Hearts,
she connected with mothers who understood
and, for the first time, felt seen.
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We have also connected mothers navigating suicide loss
with others further along in that same experience.​
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This kind of connection is happening again and again.​
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Why This Works
When a mother’s experience is named and understood,
something begins to shift.
What once felt confusing
begins to make sense.
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What felt isolating
becomes shared.
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There is recognition.
Connection.
A sense of not being alone.
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Real Impact
Grieving Hearts was established in July 2025.
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: Already
​700+ individuals have visited our site seeking support and resources​​
50+ mothers have joined our growing community​​
​21 mothers engaged in creative and somatic experiences​
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15+ mothers have been personally connected to another mother with a similar loss
2 mothers were provided emergency support in urgent need​​
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You are not alone.
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If you are a grieving mother, we are here for you.
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If you would like to support this work, your generosity
helps us reach more mothers.
Our work is just beginning.
​​​Healing begins
when we find each other.
Upcoming
Get Togethers
Begins: May 5th
Time: Tuesdays | 6:00–7:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Dates: 4th Monday of the month.​
Time: 6:00PM – 7:00
Location: Zoom
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Growing This Work
Grieving Hearts is currently volunteer-run
so that all funding can go directly to the care of mothers after childloss.
As more mothers find their way here,
we are working to sustain and expand what is already taking place.
Support allows us to:
• Continue offering programs at no cost to mothers
• Reach more mothers who are still navigating this loss alone
• Build the structure needed to responsibly support this growing work
• Move toward a more stable and centralized space for connection
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