1:1 grief coaching
1:1 grief coaching programmes:
Are you...
Struggling to find your footing after a profound loss?
Feeling like a boat adrift, overwhelmed by waves of grief, anxiety, and loneliness?
Wishing you had a guiding hand to navigate this unfamiliar territory?
You're Not Alone, and There's a Way Forward.
I am Kayleigh O’Connor, an ICF accredited trauma-informed grief coach and integrative trauma practitioner with over 6 years of experience helping people to rebuild their life after loss.
With a holistic blend of coaching, resourcing, processing, and integration techniques, my mission is to empower you to find a renewed sense of safety, security, and self-confidence.am here to help you to understand your grief, unravel the layers of emotion, uncover the secondary losses you’re facing (loss of self, loss of confidence, loss of trust etc.), and to help you to hold space for your loved one, so that you can move forward with your grief.
I combine Holistic Grief Coaching, ACT techniques, mind and body synergies, self reflection tools and draw on my own personal experience with grief to deliver an empowering and tailored grief coaching service.
Find out more with a FREE 30-Minute Initial Grief Coaching Call:
How Can Grief Coaching Support You?
Tailored Strategies: Unique strategies designed specifically for your grief journey, helping you cope and find what resonates most with you.
Goal Setting: Define clear, achievable goals related to your grief. From processing emotions to commemorating a loved one, let's craft a pathway together.
Grief Education: Understand the intricacies of grief, debunk myths, and set realistic expectations for your journey ahead.
Empowerment: Move from a place of stagnation or confusion to understanding and acceptance.
Holistic Healing: Incorporating mindfulness, body-centered techniques, and spiritual reflections tailored to your needs.
A grief coach who gets it:
Hello, I’m Kayleigh O’Connor, ICF accredited grief coach and integrative trauma practitioner. I'm the founder of Good Grief, and it's my aim to facilitate safe spaces for people who are grieving. I lost my dad when I was 15, and after years of numbing my grief with shopping, spending and booze, I realised through another loss, that I wanted to get to know my grief and listen to what I truly needed instead of running away from it. So Good Grief was born!
I've helped thousands of people across the world through transformative coaching, breathwork, inner-work, meditation, and restorative practices, to find ways to move forward with their lives whilst carrying their loved one with them.
I'm here to guide you back home to yourself, so that you can find meaning in your life after loss, and create an everlasting spiritual relationship with your loved one.
My qualifications:
Holistic Grief Coaching, Integrative Trauma Practitioner, Grief Movement Coach, Mind and Body Synergies for Grief, Transformation Coaching, Spiritual Coaching, CBT Anxiety Management, NLP (qualifying), Timeline Therapy (qualifying), and ACT for grief.
My grief coaching packages have been designed around my signature SHINE system to enable you to safely navigate your grief.
SELF AWARENESS & COMPASSION:
You’ll learn to see through the grief fog, so that you can hold yourself kindly and understand feelings of deep sadness, anxiety, stress, and shame, rather than trying to “get over” the grief, push it away or put on a mask.
HOLDING SPACE:
You’ll hold space for your loved one so that you can navigate unfinished business (anger, guilt, questions, love), and if it feels right, continue your bond with your loved one, their values, their stories, through techniques and rituals, to move forward with them. You’ll also learn to hold space for your grief, so that you no longer avoid it, but instead, surrender and self soothe.
INNERWORK:
Grief changes everything - You’ll rediscover who you are after loss, identify your values, needs and desires, reconnect with those around you and reclaim yourself, whilst honouring your loved one.
NO JUDGEMENT, TIMEFRAME OR RULEBOOK:
You’ll lift self-judgement and criticism, overcome shame and self-blame, so that you can safely open up and make room for intense emotional pain. You’ll learn to ground and centre amidst "emotional storms" aka grief triggers, so that you can dissolve hopelessness, and feel safe and secure again.
EDUCATION:
You’ll feel empowered with the knowledge of grief theory, to better understand and communicate your needs. You’ll be able to set boundaries, rebuild relationships and deepen your understanding of your grief.
1:1 grief coaching is for you if…
You are grieving the loss of a loved one who supported you, validated you and who made you feel safe - they were your cheerleader
You are grieving the loss of your self, your identity, your self-confidence, and your sense of safety
You feel untethered and lost after loss
You’re struggling with anxiety and self esteem after loss
You’re struggling with jealousy, need for control, boundaries (too high or too low), seeking external validation, avoidance or comparison after loss
You understand that self-care is how we take our power back in the face of immense hardship
You refuse to let the rest of your life be defined by your loss
AND YOU WANT…
You want to feel less anxious and understand why you're feeling this way, and feel confident/secure again
You want to acknowledge and accept your trauma
You want to support yourself through your grief in a way that feels meaningful to YOU
You desire to show up more fully for your life and for the people you love that are still here
You wish to rebuild around your loss
You want to live a full life that feels meaningful and fulfilling despite of loss
You wish for a sense of community in facing your grief and in seeking healing. You know that although grief is a burden we bear alone, walking alongside other grievers who “get it” is deeply healing
You long for a safe space where you are free to speak about grief, loss and healing freely and without judgement
Client feedback:
“Kayleigh has made a huge difference to the way I approach my grief by helping me understand the physical and emotional effects I was feeling a year on. She took the time to show me practical examples and guided me through tools to help manage my own grief better. Kayleigh helped me to identify triggers that I had overlooked and enabled me to hold space for Dad in a way that I previously would not have allowed myself to think of him for fear of worsening the feelings of loss. The sessions have allowed me to improve how I live with grief, for which I will always be grateful.”
“Kayleigh has such a special aura about her which I cherish as a grief coach. If I am approaching a session feeling tense or my mind feels ‘scatty’, within a few minutes of the session or at least by the end of the session, I feel calm and collected. I genuinely look forward to my sessions with Kayleigh and she is a rock in my grief journey. Thank you so much”
“Kayleigh created a safe space where I could be open and honest about my experience of sudden loss, shock and grief. I was able to express all the emotions I wasn’t able to share with my dad due to the suddenness of his passing. Investing in grief coaching at this time was hugely beneficial and I am really glad I did it. It helped me a lot on my grief journey.”
“Kayleigh supported me with grief at a time when I felt completely lost and taught me skills to use when I felt overwhelmed and exercised to maintain a connection and process my feelings. The sessions really helped and I was able to achieve and maintain the goals I set initially”
“I’ve felt a massive shift since working with Kayleigh. I now realise that I need to see myself with more compassion and patience, instead of judgement and hate. I’m less anxious and more connected to my dad”
— Katie
“This is such a safe container to really understand yourself. I came to Kayleigh after 3 years of grieving alone. I had created a very negative relationship with myself, and was constantly comparing myself to others and just feeling inadequate. I am now in a place of acknowledgement and acceptance with myself.”
— J.L
Samantha’s Story:
This programme will give you holistic guidance for wherever you are at on your grief journey.
Deepen the connection with your loved one.
Trust others, the world and yourself again.
No more confusion, self-doubt or comparison.
Downregulate your nervous system to create inner safety.
Initiate a safer relationship with yourself based on love and understanding rather than fear and judgement.