What you can expect from working together
Safety & Trust - Empathic Presence - Structured Guidance - Compassionate Accountability
Ways to work with me
Shadows to Light - A Grief Support Group
Who it’s for: For anyone tired of grieving alone and ready to be witnessed by people who get it.
What you get: A small, facilitated group where you can speak, listen, and be met without judgement.
$300 / sliding scale available
The Path to Peace - 12 Week Program
Who this is for: For grievers who want steady, one-on-one support and a real roadmap to peace.
What you get: Twelve weekly 1:1 sessions, personalized between-sessions practices, and a clear structure for the work.
$2000 / sliding scale available
1:1 Grief Coaching
Steady Ground
Who it’s for: You’re grieving someone you love, and the world has quietly gone back to normal without you. You don’t need to be fixed. You need one steady place to bring all of it.
What you get: Private 90-minute sessions with me, by video or phone and in-person in the Treasure Valley. We go at your pace, with practical tools you can actually use between sessions.
Single session $100 * Six-session package $525 (87.50 savings)
Bridge to Peace: Completing Unfinished Business
Who it’s for: anyone carrying the weight of things left unsaid, unfinished, or unresolved with someone they’ve lost.
What you get: A focused 1:1 program to gently work through unfinished business using letters, ritual, and reflection.
Starting at $1100 / sliding scale available
Compass Back to Community
Who this is for: For those who’ve withdrawn from social life after loss and want a gentle, personalized way to reconnect.
What you get: A guided roadmap for stepping back into your relationships - with tier-mapping, activity pacing, and boundary language you can actually use.
$420 or $800 / sliding scale available
Not ready for coaching yet? Start here:
What is the difference between coaching and therapy?
People ask me this a lot, and it's a fair question. Here's the honest answer.
Grief coaching is for people whose grief is painful but not dangerous. You lost someone. You're sad, angry, foggy, exhausted, sometimes all of those in the same hour. You're functioning, more or less, but it's hard, and you feel alone in it. Coaching gives you a steady place to talk it through, practical tools for the worst moments, and help figuring out what life looks like now. We spend less time on why you feel what you feel and more time on how to live with it.
Therapy is for when grief has tangled up with something that needs clinical care. Depression that isn't lifting. Anxiety that's taken over. Trauma from how the death happened. Thoughts of not wanting to be here. A history of mental health struggles that grief has stirred back up. Therapists are licensed to diagnose and treat those things. I'm not, and I won't pretend otherwise.
Some people do both, and that works well. A therapist handles the clinical side, and I'm the person you talk to about the everyday reality of living with loss.
How I handle it. In our free consultation, and in every session after, I'm paying attention to whether coaching is actually serving you. If I think you need more than I can offer, I'll tell you directly, and I'll help you find a therapist or other resource. That isn't me turning you away. It's me taking your wellbeing seriously.
If you're in crisis right now, please don't wait for an appointment with me or anyone else. Call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, any time, day or night.
Still not sure which is right for you? That's exactly what the free consultation is for. Book one and we'll figure it out together.
Not ready for coaching yet? Start here.
The Separating Pain From Suffering Workbook helps you name what you’re carrying and begin to loosen its grip - in your own time, at our own pace.
$22
Grief education for the people who care for others
Grief shows up everywhere…in memory care and hospice, in workplaces after a loss, in caregiver support groups, in faith communities, in libraries and living rooms. Most of us were never taught how to talk about it, sit with it, or support someone in it.
I offer talks and workshops that give people a warmer, more accurate language for grief - grounded in current research, delivered in a way that feels human, honest, and doable. No jargon. No fixing. Just the kind of steady conversation grief deserves.
How it can be delivered:
Short keynote (20-30 minutes) - A warm, focused talk for a meeting, event, or gathering.
Signature talk (60 minutes) - A full conversation with Q&A, ideal for community programs and staff learning hours.
Half-day workshop (2-3 hours) - A deeper, interactive session with reflection prompts and take-home resources.
Custom multi-session series - For teams, cohorts, or communities who want a fuller arc of learning together.
Available in person throughout the Treasure Valley or via Zoom anywhere in the U.S. Fees vary by format and audience - inquire for a quote.
A Few of the topics people ask about most:
Grief-informed Care: Supporting Families Without Trying to Fix Them
Anticipatory Grief in Senior Living
Separating Pain from Suffering: T he Grief Myths That Keep Us Stuck
Continuing Bonds: Carrying Love Forward Without “Moving On”
The 2 a.m. Grief Hour
(Full topic list, formates and logistics can be found on the speaker page)
Especially built for:
Senior living and memory care communties
Hospice, palliative, and end-of-life care teams
HR and People teams supporting employees through loss
Caregiver groups, faith communities, and libraries
Founding-audience note:
Zola Grief and Bereavement Coaching is a new practice, built on old care. I’m currently offering a small number of founding-audience talks to organizations in the Treasure Valley - at reduced or complimentary rates - in exchange for a short testimonial as I grow this part of my work. If your community would benefit from a warm grief conversation, this may be a good moment to reach out.
Still not sure where to start?
That’s okay. A free 20-minute consult is the easiest way to figure it out together. No pressure, no obligation