You Don’t Have to Be Overwhelmed by Grief—or a Blank Page
You're invited to Write Your Grief: a sacred monthly pause to tend to your pain through journaling.
What Do We Do With Grief?
A few weeks ago, I shared a story about a woman I met at a dog park who confided in me and asked, “What do I do with all this grief?” It’s a question I’ve asked myself repeatedly over the last 15 years, following the death of my daughter, the death of my father, and the cascade of other losses and traumas that unfolded in my life. It’s a question we all ask at some point in our lives. Whether you’re feeling grief related to national events, world news, the death of a loved one, a health diagnosis, a relational betrayal, a recent or past traumatic event, or a loss or heartbreak of any kind, your grief matters, and your heart deserves to be tended to with care.
That’s why I want to invite you to join me for a healing practice that helps you answer this question and helps you navigate and cope with your grief.
It’s called Write Your Grief.
As I prepare to share this invitation with you, I’m fresh off attending the Alchemy Tour with Suleika Jaouad, hosted by her husband Jon Batiste. While I have many thoughts to share later, I’m mentioning this now because Suleika’s life—and her new book, The Book of Alchemy—offer a powerful reminder of what I believe to be true: a creative practice like journaling can help us metabolize and alchemize our pain, our grief, our suffering.
In the introduction to her book, Suleika writes:
“…the alchemic properties of journaling showed us how to turn isolation into creative solitude, confinement into connection, and confusion into clarity and calm.”
She also writes:
“Rather than shutting down or surrendering to hopelessness, I could trace the contours of what I was thinking and feeling and gain a sense of agency over it.”
Her words mirror my own experiences and shed light on the deeper “why” behind Write Your Grief. WYG exists as a space to do just that—to use journaling as a way to trace, feel, write, and alchemize what aches.
Write Your Grief
I’ve hosted various iterations of Write Your Grief over the past five years, and this journaling workshop goes hand in hand with the journal for lament I created: Rest. I’m bringing back WYG as a regular monthly offering, held live on Zoom: a sacred pause designed to help you slow down and tend to your pain through writing.
You don’t need any writing or journaling experience to join Write Your Grief. This isn’t about perfect words or polished paragraphs. This isn’t academic writing. This isn’t for craft or critique. This is about journaling as a form of therapeutic and spiritual expression with a path to healing. During these sessions, we write to name, hold, release, and find catharsis—even metamorphosis at times.
Each WYG session includes a simple but powerful two-part framework, guided prompts, and a quiet sense of togetherness with others who understand what it’s like to carry grief—but won’t ask you to carry theirs. You don’t have to share. You don’t even have to know what you’re feeling or doing. You’re invited to just show up with a journal and a willing heart, and I’ll guide you the rest of the way.
Write Your Grief will be a sacred midweek gathering on the second Wednesday of the month1—offered regularly so you can return again and again whenever you need a gentle pause to tend to your heart through writing. I know that midweek and midday might not work for everyone, but I chose this time intentionally and out of necessity. Evenings and weekends are often full for many of us, and I’ve found that this timing offers a gentle consistency that honors both your time and mine. Whether you join on your lunch break, block off the hour, or simply listen in with your journal nearby, you’re welcome to join—just as you are.
Your Invite + Details for May
The next Write Your Grief session is on Wednesday, May 14th, at 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET. It will last around 40 to 60 minutes (I adjust the time to suit the group). To protect the sacred nature of these events, I do not record them, so there won’t be a replay. But if you’re interested and can’t join live, I still encourage you to register. After the live session, I’ll send you some gentle guidance and a few prompts to help you write on your own.
Use the buttons below to learn more about Write Your Grief and register for May’s session.2
Big or small, heavy or light, persistent or ebbing and flowing, your grief is welcome in this space. If your heart needs tending, I hope you’ll join us.
It’s okay to feel whatever you’re feeling.
And it’s okay to take a sacred pause to write through it.
With you in the aches and the mending,
Kristin
What Others Have Said
"Kristin, Again your workshop tonight was so well-led and personally impactful for me. I was exploring resentment, and I landed in a place of gratitude that I completely did not expect. Thank you! I am not someone who usually journals and I've been so blessed by your workshops."
—Leah
“It was so helpful to have a gentle coach helping me process through difficult emotions to a place of peace. As someone who does not usually journal, I was surprised at how a brief, guided journaling session could make such a profound impact on my processing of a difficult memory.”
—L.K.
“Your welcoming posture allows me to step into this experience to my comfort level. The no-pressure atmosphere actually encourages me to show up exactly where I am.”
—Anonymous
Write Your Grief will meet on the second Wednesday of the month at 9:00 a.m. PT. I open enrollment one month at a time to keep these gatherings intimate and intentional. Save these dates in your calendar now!
May 14, 2025 [OPEN NOW]
June 11, 2025
July 9, 2025
August 13, 2025
September 10, 2025
Pen & Mend members (paid subscribers): You get 50% off WYG registration. The discount code is included in May’s Writing Room invite, which will be sent out on Sunday.
Thank you for holding space for this work 💕 It makes a difference in the world!