When Grief Changes Your World And You Don't Know How To Go On
For sensitive over-givers who look like they’re coping, but feel quietly exhausted, guilty or stuck underneath.
Losing a parent doesn't just hurt.
It quietly disrupts how you see yourself, how you spend your time, and what feels worth the effort.
Many people keep going after a parent dies, becomes seriously unwell, or is no longer emotionally available.
On the outside, life continues. On the inside, things feel unsteady, draining, or strangely disconnected.
You look like you're coping. You're doing well by other people's standards.
And yet something feels off.
This space is for that experience.
A different kind of grief support
We start with steadiness: understanding what’s happening in your body and mind, easing the internal strain, and making sense of what’s changed, especially when you don’t want to waste your time anymore.
Creative practices are used thoughtfully, not to produce anything impressive or expressive, but to help you access insight when thinking and talking don’t quite get there.
There’s no pressure to move on, no stages to tick off, and no expectation to explain or perform your grief in a certain way.
Everything's paced to respect your capacity and where you are right now.
This is a quiet, grounded way of working with grief after parent loss, shaped by personal experience, psychology, neuroscience, and creative sense-making.
If you’re used to holding things together, this is for you
You're the reliable one in your family or at work. The person others lean on. Someone who’s built a life that looks solid from the outside.
Since your parent died, became unwell, or became unavailable, you've noticed your energy thinning, your tolerance for nonsense dropping, or your sense of direction wobbling.
Even so, you’re still doing what needs to be done.
It just feels heavier than it used to, and you’re struggling to slow down or catch your breath.
You're thinking "I don't want to fall apart".
But when nothing changes, the weight grows.
A gentle place to begin
For a balanced, manageable way to start, Navigating Grief with Compassion is a self-guided workshop you can move through in your own time.
It’s designed to help you:
- Make sense of common grief responses, without assuming anything is wrong with you
- Ease self-blame and the pressure to be “coping better”
- Find steadier ground when emotions spike or everything feels too much
- Understand how grief has physical effects too
Explore the material privately, or join the discussion space if that feels helpful.
There are no deadlines and no expectation to share or feel a certain way.
Learn more and enrol here:
Hi, I’m Sabrina
I'm a Grief & Resilience Coach with a background in psychology, neuroscience, and creative practice. I’m also an artist, a third-generation potter, and long-time “strong one” in my family.
Am currently living with a hungry cat called Bob and a small cast of regular garden foxes.
I came to this work through my own experience of prolonged grief after losing my dad, alongside burnout and messy family stuff with those left behind.
That combination taught me how disruptive grief can be, not just emotionally, but to your sense of identity, energy, and direction.
Throughout my work and writing, I'm comfortable saying the quiet part out loud. To sit with the awkward, unresolved, or stuff still unfolding, because grief and its aftermath is raw, messy, and confusing.
If you're curious about what that means, check out this blog article about my experience of when the 'wrong' parent died.
And if you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “I should be coping better than this” after losing a parent, this place is for you.
Ways to explore further...
Navigating Grief With Compassion
For a simple place to start, begin with Navigating Grief with Compassion.
This self-guided online workshop is designed to meet you where you are, and you can decide what comes next later. Take it at your own pace.
Embracing Life After Loss
For deeper, more personalised support, Embracing Life After Loss is my 1:1 coaching offering.
Together, we make sense of grief you’re carrying and how it’s shaping your energy, decisions, and relationships, without rushing or losing yourself.