Grieving While Parenting
As a widowed parent, you will be guided through grief and parenting with practical, mindful strategies.
Parenting while grieving changes every moment. Your child notices the smallest shifts in your mood, and grief can show up in tears, silence, frustration, or clinginess. Daily routines are disrupted, and children experience this even when they do not speak about it.
After my spouse died, I had to care for my child while navigating my own grief. Some days were heavy. Some days were surprisingly gentle. Over the years, I have guided many widowed parents through these challenges, helping them find practices that support both themselves and their children.
Some approaches that consistently help widowed parents:
Grief becomes part of your parenting. Showing up with presence and patience matters more than trying to fix every moment.
Tried and True ways you can be supported grieving while parenting and parenting while grieving:
first steps in grief support
Gentle Grief Care
A personalized approach of turning towards, reflecting, mending and healing.
A Community of support
Widows Circle
A Healing Space for Widows
Downloads You can start to use Right Away
Gentle Guidance for the Journey Ahead
This downloadable companion offers calm, comfort, and mindful support for women learning to live with loss. Through short reflections, simple grounding practices, and guided meditations, it helps you meet difficult moments with compassion, find steadier ground, and reconnect with yourself — one gentle step at a time.
Includes:
📖 a printable PDF guide
🎧 three guided meditations
for daily peace and renewal.
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