Grief doesn't follow rules.
This book doesn't expect you to either.
Practical, gentle support for the disorienting parts of loss: panic, numbness, the ambush of a sudden trigger, the strangeness of regular day.
Start with one small step.
Download the 90-second reset
A short exercise from the workbook, made for the moments you can’t think clearly enough to choose what to do next.
Recommended start
The Workbook
30 structured tools for the moments grief hits, short exercises you can open to any page and use in minutes, not hours.
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Spiral bound
Soft cover
Companion
The Journal
A gentle check-in and processing companion for days when you need to put something down on paper without pressure or prompts that feel clinical.
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Spiral bound
Soft cover
Open anywhere
Keep it small
Pick it up anytime
Built for how hard days actually feel
Support for real moments
When your body feels overwhelmed
Short, physical tools for the moments your chest tightens or your hands won’t stop shaking.
When your mind won’t stop looping
Pages designed to interrupt spirals gently, without demanding you think your way out first.
When life keeps happening anyway
Support that fits around work, errands and everyday responsibilities, not instead of them.
When grief ambushes you
Something to reach for on hard dates, unexpected triggers, and days that arrive without warning.
Not another book telling you how to feel
Practical, not preachy
No instructions to feel differently, just concrete tools for the moment you’re actually in.
Structured for low-focus days
Short pages and plain language, built for the days concentration is the first thing to go.
No pressure to use every page
Open to what’s useful and skip the rest. There’s no correct order and no finish line.
Capable people carry a lot privately
If you’re the one others rely on, it can be hard to admit you need something too. This collection was written for exactly that quiet, capable, still-struggling middle ground.
Gifting
When you don’t know what to send instead of flowers
A book is a quieter way to show up for someone, something practical they can return to long after the flowers have gone, without asking anything of them in return.
Hey, I'm Alana
Alana means serene or peaceful, and Galya means redeemed or restored, words that feel very close to the heart of why I write.
My grief book came from real life, not from a professional background. I am not a counsellor, psychologist or therapist. I am simply someone who has had to learn how to keep going through the kinds of losses many people experience quietly: miscarriage, the loss of friends and family through illness, suicide and sudden accidents.
I know what it is to be seen as “the strong one”, the person others lean on while still needing somewhere private to put your own grief down. Over the years, I have found small, gentle, practical ways to process what I was carrying.
This book is a collection of those tools. My hope is that they offer comfort, steadiness and a little breathing room to anyone walking through loss.
My grief book came from real life, not from a professional background. I am not a counsellor, psychologist or therapist. I am simply someone who has had to learn how to keep going through the kinds of losses many people experience quietly: miscarriage, the loss of friends and family through illness, suicide and sudden accidents.
I know what it is to be seen as “the strong one”, the person others lean on while still needing somewhere private to put your own grief down. Over the years, I have found small, gentle, practical ways to process what I was carrying.
This book is a collection of those tools. My hope is that they offer comfort, steadiness and a little breathing room to anyone walking through loss.
Start with the page you need today
No pressure, no timelines, just practical support for the moment you’re actually in.