Bereavement leave is a policy.
Empathy around grief is a culture.
We’ve modernized how we work, communicate. and lead.
You get 3 or 5 days of leave then back to business as usual
You’re told to “take all the time you need” but get emails during the funeral
You’re praised for “staying focused” so you work through the sadness
But how we respond to grief in the workplace is stuck in the past.
Not anymore.
It’s time we close the gap between bereavement leave policies and grief-friendly cultures.
I help organizations revolutionize the way they support grieving employees.
What People Are Saying
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The idea of confronting grief and the employee experience is very powerful. I hadn't considered the larger challenge of how many at work are avoidant and the effects of that
— Doug, Head of People
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Sarah gave me tools that will be so helpful in every situation
— Allison, Coaching Client
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I have often struggled with the ways companies deall with grief and your comments really resonated with me
— Danielle, Keynote attendee
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One of the best webinars I've been to in a while - Keriah was fantastic! Feeling energized and excited to improve our employee experience
- Louise, Workshop attendee
Navigating grief isn’t a soft skill. It’s a human skill with real business impact.
I walked away from a steady career because I couldn't keep forcing myself to show up for a company that could no long accommodate who I had become.
And I’m not alone:
1 in 4
number of employees are who navigating grief at any moment
79%
percent of employees who consider leaving their job after a grief event
$75 Billion
The annual estimated cost of unaddressed grief in the workplace
It’s time to bridge the gap between your bereavement leave policy and the human reality of loss
HOW WE TRANSFORM GRIEF IN THE WORKPLACE
Learn to live differently with loss
Keynote Speaking
As a self-described provocateur, I have never shied away from the difficult or uncomfortable. My keynotes are designed to disrupt the outdated scripts we use in our professional and personal lives, forcing a radical reimagining of what it means to grieve in the modern era. If you’re looking for a polite nod to bereavement, look elsewhere.
If you’re ready to wake-up and reimagine the modern realities of loss, let’s talk.
Beyond Bereavement System
Navigating grief isn’t a soft skill, it’s a human skill.
With the Beyond Bereavement System, we’ll create the policies, tools, and language to help your team support employees through grief with confidence, clarity, and care, making compassion part of how your company works, not just what it says.
Workshops and Training
In Conversation is our flagship program for the high functioning griever - the ones who never pulled over, even when the ride got rough.
Through community, exploration practices and simple ritual we’ll trade surface level coping for real loss integration, and move from fine to thrive.
It’s time to put yourself back in the driver’s seat.
Grieving Tools
We don’t need to grieve better. We need better ways to grieve.
Hi, I’m Sarah
I’m a deep feeler with a knack for truth-telling and a refusal to pretend things are fine when they’re not.
I didn’t set out to become a grief coach (does anyone?).
But when my mom passed away, everything changed. But a year and half later… I hit a breaking point. I couldn’t keep forcing myself into a life that no longer fit who I had become.
So I walked away from a steady career and started asking myself the bigger questions:
Why wasn’t it safe to be a high-achiever and ask for support?
What does it mean to live with loss instead of avoid it?
How do I keep leading, creating, showing up without abandoning myself in the process?
I know what it’s like to want to outrun grief.
My job isn’t to fix you. It’s to walk beside you as you navigate loss with intention and build a life that fits who you’ve become.