Overwhelmed by Grief? You’re Not Alone

Grief can completely upend your life, changing your priorities, interests, relationships, and sense of self. If you’re feeling heartbroken, overwhelmed, and disoriented by daily life, know that you’re not alone. The pain of loss can leave you exhausted and just trying to survive day-to-day.

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Find Support and Guidance on Your Grief Journey

It's common to struggle with moving forward after a profound loss, and seeking help is a perfectly natural and okay step to take. You deserve to have the support of a person who truly understands your pain, listens to your heartache, and meets you where you are—without trying to “fix” you. With the right support, you’ll be able to break down the challenges of grief and find the tools and skills you need to move forward.

Building a Personalized Plan to Your Path to Healing

Instead of being overwhelmed by grief, you can learn to navigate and manage the intense emotions it brings. Through personalized coaching, we'll work together to create a tailored plan that empowers you to transform your grief into actionable steps for healing and growth. With me as your coach, we’ll create a plan that helps you:

Understand Your Grief

We’ll explore the thoughts and feelings that accompany your loss.

Reconnect with Joy

You’ll learn how to allow moments of happiness to coexist with pain.

Build Resilience

We’ll tap into your inner strength to help you handle everyday life.

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What would your life be like if your pain, heartache and sorrow wasn’t all consuming?

Picture yourself waking up each day feeling a little more at peace, knowing that it’s possible to experience both joy and sorrow. With the guidance of a certified grief coach, you can move from merely surviving to finding moments of happiness again, and begin to see a clearer vision for your life, even after such a significant loss.

Take the First Step Today

Let’s work together to navigate your grief.

I’ll listen to your stories and challenges, and we’ll find a path forward that honors your pain while making space for healing and growth.

Book a Free 30-Minute Call today to start your journey toward healing.

5 Week Grief Writing Group

Coping with grief can be a confusing, overwhelming and isolating experience. It can leave you with a wide range of emotions from heartache, regret, resentment, anger, guilt, sometimes even relief. Writing can provide a means of expressing, understanding and processing your grief. This group allows you to express your truth without judgment, untangle confusing thoughts, honor your loved one, and explore your loss narrative. The group will provide a safe enough place to be with your grief.

Amy McKamey

Hello, I’m Amy

I know firsthand how difficult it is to lose a loved one and be thrust into grief.

When I lost my son suddenly in 2013 my world shattered. I was left feeling helpless, confused and disoriented by daily life. I struggled to navigate all of the new challenges, intense feelings and dealing with people around me who just didn’t get it.

Grief can rearrange your life, your priorities, your interests, your relationships and so many other things. Because of how difficult and confusing my own personal journey was with navigating grief I want to help others by supporting and guiding them to make their journey a little easier and less daunting.

Testimonials

  • My life has improved significantly working with Amy.

    I have worked with Amy for the last five years and could not recommend her enough! Amy has been a significant support in my life through graduate school. She helps me clarify my goals, identify where I'm getting stuck, and always provides me with a different perspective. Most importantly, she is empathetic and unconditionally supportive, and accepting. My life has improved significantly working with Amy. I have so much confidence in myself now, and she continues to help me manage moving forward in life despite mental health challenges and high-stress levels. I highly recommend life coaching with Amy!

    - Lindsey M.

  • She is an amazing listener and her approach is gentle, but at the same time very powerful

    I have coached with Amy for several years.  She helps me sift through my inner muck of thoughts and keeps me accountable to myself.  Through her guidance, I've been able to work through "my stuff" and attain the goals that I have been wanting to achieve for years but could not reach on my own. She is an amazing listener and her approach is gentle, but at the same time very powerful because she asks the right questions -- the questions that get me to face the truth of the situation, and that motivate me to help myself.  I highly recommend her!

    -K.W.

  • I highly recommend enlisting Amy as your coach to make positive progress in your life.

    Amy has coached me for years in the areas of parenting, relationships and physical health. She has a passion for learning and helping others grow. She has amassed wisdom from both experience and academics that allows her to give sound advice. Amy has the ability to honestly offer encouragement even when it is difficult. She does not shy away from a challenge, delivers feedback without judgement and is completely trustworthy. I would highly recommend enlisting Amy as your coach to make positive progress in your life.

    - Erika D.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Coaching is new approach to solving life’s challenges. Coaches ask questions and assist clients in breaking down challenges and issues into practical, achievable steps. Coaching helps one identify and understand obstacles that get in the way of achieving their goals. Coaching provides clients with customized tools and teaches them new skills that support them in making changes now and in the future. A client achieves more, in a shorter period of time, through effective coaching because the coach gives a client personalized guidance, tools and support that works for them.

  • Including Somatic Work in my coaching practice is crucial because it addresses the challenges that arise when depression or anxiety make long-term change feel impossible. As a Somatic Embodiment Practitioner, I help clients develop personalized techniques to calm their bodies during intense emotions and discomfort, enabling them to access choice and take effective action. This approach transforms overwhelming situations into manageable and achievable steps, making lasting change more attainable.

  • Somatic Embodiment & Regulation involves using mind-body techniques to help regulate and reshape the nervous system. It focuses on calming the body when intense emotions or bodily sensations arise. This is essential for those experiencing constant stress or trauma, which can keep the nervous system stuck in fight/flight/freeze modes, leading to physical symptoms like rapid heartbeat, headaches, muscle pain, and shortness of breath. These symptoms can contribute to anxiety, overthinking, and feeling overwhelmed. By using somatic techniques to release these sensations and emotions, the body transitions from a state of dysregulation to one of balance, enabling clearer thinking and empowering action.

Will this really work for me?

You may still believe that your life’s struggles and obstacles are insurmountable, that makes sense after all you’ve been through. I was there too! But I know from my own experience and my clients that it’s possible to reclaim your life and not get stuck in survival mode. Book a no cost discovery session to find out how I can help you.

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