Stephanie Walsh helps people rebuild their lives after loss and reconnect with loved ones who have passed.

Through one-to-one coaching, online programmes and in-person gatherings, she helps people find hope, meaning and joy again.

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I was eight years old when my younger brother drowned. My dad died when I was 30. Last year, I lost my mum, the final member of my immediate family.

For years, I felt stuck. I found it difficult to talk about my family. When I thought about them, I mostly felt sadness. When I didn't think about them, I felt guilty.

Grief can be incredibly lonely. Even when you're surrounded by people who care, it can feel like no one truly understands what you're carrying. 

Like many people, I thought this was simply what grief was. That life after loss meant carrying the pain and somehow learning to live around it.

But then I discovered another possibility. Rather than trying to let go, I began building a different relationship with my loved ones; one that didn't end when they died. Through meditation and everyday moments of connection, I experienced their love and presence in a way I never thought was possible.

I realised I didn't have to choose between loving my family and living my life.

I could do both.

That understanding changed my life.

Their love and presence gradually became stronger than the pain of their absence. Instead of feeling disconnected from them, I felt supported by them as I rebuilt my life.

Rather than feeling I had lost my relationship with them, I discovered it could continue in a different way, and that changed how I experienced grief completely. 

I no longer felt alone in my grief. I felt connected again; to my loved ones, to the world around me and to the life that was still waiting for me.

I stopped feeling like my future had been put on hold. I began making plans again. I looked forward to life again. I even went on my first rollercoaster!

I realised grief no longer had to define me. I genuinely fell back in love with life.

This understanding is at the heart of every gathering and coaching session I facilitate.