Creative Grief Studio

It's March already! The next Creative Grief Studio session is enrolling up to our start date on March 3rd. Join a small group with a big impact. Don’t miss your chance to integrate creativity into your grief support work. Enroll today at CreativeGriefStudio.com

CGS co-founder, Cath Duncan, has built a free art reflection tour you can take from anywhere. It's also a masterclass in what good grief support questions look like. https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/p/what-good-reflective-questions-look

The Creative Grief Studio is on Substack! Subscribe for creative tools, stories, and reflections that help grief practitioners grow their work with imagination and heart. https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/

When grief says, "no way," this creative tool helps you find "any way" forward. Counter resistance with small, doable steps toward what you want.
https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/p/any-way-vs-no-way

Curious about weaving creativity into grief support? Subscribe to The Creative Grief Studio’s Substack and explore new ways of working with loss: https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/

Looking for connection in your grief support work? Join us today at 1 PM Pacific for Studio Hour: Conversations for Grief Workers. A relaxed space to share, listen, and feel supported. Free to attend, registration required: https://creativegriefstudio.com/short-courses/

Written during icy weather that mirrors our emotional climate, this piece by CGS instructor, Tamara Beachum, reflects on collective grief and offers reflective questions grief support practitioners. https://open.substack.com/pub/creativegriefstudio/p/when-the-world-ices-over

The Creative Grief Studio on Substack shares tools and ideas for grief practitioners who want to grow their work with creativity and heart: https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/

Join the Creative Grief Studio Certification starting March 2026! Register now for immediate classroom access, with live calls beginning in March. A full year of learning, a simplified registration form, and flexible payment options. https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/p/theres-still-time

The Creative Grief Studio is on Substack! Subscribe for creative tools, stories, and reflections that help grief practitioners grow their work with imagination and heart. https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/

Grief doesn’t look the same for everyone. This piece highlights creative, trauma-informed grief support for adults with intellectual disabilities, where loss, agency, and resilience are held with care.https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/p/when-grief-has-many-colors-supporting

Looking for connection in your grief support work? Join us today at 1 PM Pacific for Studio Hour: Conversations for Grief Workers. A relaxed space to share, listen, and feel supported. Free to attend, registration required: https://creativegriefstudio.com/short-courses/

When grief support doesn’t work, clients rarely tell us. This post explores why noticing missed connections, power dynamics, and feedback matters, and how practitioners can learn from those moments. https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/p/when-grief-support-doesnt-work

The Creative Grief Studio is on Substack! Subscribe for creative tools, stories, and reflections that help grief practitioners grow their work with imagination and heart. https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/

Creativity helps us reconnect in the midst of grief, not by fixing, but by slowing down and creating space for what’s still alive in us. Read The Art of Reconnection: https://open.substack.com/pub/creativegriefstudio/p/the-art-of-reconnection

Looking for connection in your grief support work? Join us today at 1 PM PT for Studio Hour: Conversations for Grief Workers. A relaxed space to share, listen, and feel supported. Free to attend, registration required: https://creativegriefstudio.com/short-courses/

The Creative Grief Studio is on Substack! Subscribe for creative tools, stories, and reflections that help grief practitioners grow their work with imagination and heart. https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/

When we raise our own grief literacy, we start changing the culture around grief itself. Kara Jones shares reflections and creative ways to begin.
Read “Grief Literacy – Start With Yourself” on the CGS Substack: https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/p/grief-literacy-start-with-yourself

As grief practitioners, we guide others through the “firsts.” But what about all the holidays that come after? Explore Kara’s reflections on creative meaning-making beyond the first year: https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/p/re-making-the-holidays

Looking for connection in your grief support work? Join us today at 1 PM Pacific for Studio Hour: Conversations for Grief Workers. A relaxed space to share, listen, and feel supported. Free to attend, registration required: https://creativegriefstudio.com/short-courses/

Looking for connection in your grief support work? Join us today at 1 PM Pacific for Studio Hour: Conversations for Grief Workers. A relaxed space to share, listen, and feel supported. Free to attend, registration required: https://creativegriefstudio.com/short-courses/

Writer and educator Katie Riegel shares how her Creative Grief Studio training reshaped the way she teaches, listens, and writes, bringing new depth to her creative life. Read her story: https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/p/writing-through-grief-how-creative

What if your session notes were written for your clients, not just about them? Explore this reflection and a short exercise on the Creative Grief Studio Substack: https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/p/who-are-your-grief-support-session

"It was helpful having tools demonstrated to see how we can implement them. I observed how others respond & hold space for each reaction. I also enjoyed the demonstration videos and recordings too, which increased the hands-on experience." Dana Cray, CGS Alumni https://short.fo/CGScertification

The Creative Grief Studio is on Substack! Subscribe for creative tools, stories, and reflections that help grief practitioners grow their work with imagination and heart. https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/

Lingering in the In-between The disenfranchised grief of retirement Read more here: https://creativegriefstudio.substack.com/p/lingering-in-the-in-between

Lingering in the In-between
The disenfranchised grief of retirement
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It’s a practice, not a perfect… Shifting from expertise to curiosity in grief support

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It’s a practice, not a perfect… Shifting from expertise to curiosity in grief support

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“It’s a practice, not a perfect.” That simple phrase carries a lot of meaning. Creative Grief Studio Founder, Kara, tells the story of how these words first took root in her life and work.

Welcome to The Creative Grief Studio on Substack A creative, social justice-centered community for grief support practitioners worldwide

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