How to Really Help Someone Who Is Grieving

A guide to help you support the grieving with empathy, wisdom and grace, even when you don’t have the perfect words.

Grief can feel awkward and overwhelming, not just for the person grieving, but for those who love them. What do you say? What if you say the wrong thing? What do they need?

This guide was created to answer those questions with tenderness, clarity and truth.

Written by grief therapist and emotional wellness coach Stella Agwor, How to Really Help Someone Who Is Grieving is a heartfelt resource designed to help you show up with confidence and compassion when it matters most. Whether you’re supporting someone through a loss, miscarriage, divorce, relocation or silent grief, this guide will equip you with what to say, what not to say, how to offer real support and how to care for your own heart along the way.

Inside the Guide:

• What grief really looks like (it’s not just sadness)

• What to say and what to avoid

• How to offer presence, not pressure

• Practical ways to help, from day one to months later

• How to support men, children and silent grievers

• Special sections on miscarriage, male grief and hidden losses

• Reflection prompts and a support checklist

Whether you’re a friend, family member, colleague or community leader, this guide will help you support someone in grief with empathy, care and quiet strength.

 Because showing up matters, and you don’t have to do it perfectly to make a difference.