356. What Does a Grief Life Coach Actually Do?
The Widowed Mom Podcast
Krista St-Germain
4.9 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
What does a grief life coach actually do, and could it change how you experience grief? If you’ve ever wondered whether coaching is just listening, advice-giving, or something more, this episode pulls back the curtain.
In this episode, I explain what grief life coaching really is (and what it isn’t). Grief isn’t a problem to fix. It’s a natural response to loss. As a grief life coach, my role is to help widows understand their emotions, make sense of their thoughts, and navigate life after loss with more clarity and less unnecessary suffering.
Join me today to hear how grief coaching helps you allow emotions instead of avoiding them, understand how your brain shapes your experience, reduce added suffering, and begin rebuilding a meaningful life. I also walk you through what actually happens in a coaching session and why group coaching can be so powerful in helping widows feel less alone.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we jump into today's episode, I want to share something that might help if you're in the |
| 0:05.0 | early days of grief. Grief Essentials is an eight-week course with live support designed to make |
| 0:11.3 | grief feel more manageable. Get the tools, clarity, and compassionate support you need to find your |
| 0:17.9 | footing again. Visit Coaching with Krista.com forward slash grief essentials for all the |
| 0:25.0 | details. Welcome to the widowed mom podcast, episode 356. What does a grief life coach actually do? |
| 0:38.9 | Welcome to the widowed Mom podcast, the only podcast that offers a proven process to help you work through your grief to grow, evolve, and create a future you can truly look forward to. |
| 0:52.9 | Here's your host, Master Certified Life Coach, Grief |
| 0:56.3 | Expert, Widow, and Mom, Krista St. Germain. Hey there, welcome to another episode of the podcast. |
| 1:05.0 | Today I want to answer a question that I get pretty regularly. I think it's a fair one, |
| 1:09.3 | which is what does a grief life coach actually do? |
| 1:12.7 | Because for a lot of people, the idea of a grief coach feels a little mysterious. Maybe you |
| 1:18.5 | imagine someone who just listens. Maybe you imagine someone who gives advice. Maybe you imagine someone |
| 1:26.3 | saying things like, everything happens for a reason, |
| 1:30.1 | or time heals all wounds, or you can just be sad that they died, or you can be happy that they |
| 1:36.9 | lived. To be very, very clear, that is not what I do. So today, I want to pull back the curtain a little bit and explain what |
| 1:45.5 | grief coaching actually looks like, what happens when widows get coached, and why it can be such a |
| 1:50.7 | powerful support after loss. And maybe you're someone who's been listening to the podcast for a while, |
| 1:55.4 | but you're still not totally sure what coaching even means. This episode will help. |
| 2:00.5 | So here's what we're going to talk about. |
| 2:01.7 | First, I'm going to tell you what grief coaching is about, the main kinds of things I help |
| 2:06.3 | widows with, and then a little bit about what actually happens during coaching. Because once you |
| 2:11.5 | understand that part, the whole thing will make a lot more sense. So what grief coaching is really |
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