Before We Get Started…

Grief is a process—deep, human, and often disorienting.
And preparation is helpful.
This isn’t just another “course.” This is a support space. A toolkit. A soft landing.
Think of this worksheet as your gentle starting point.
A check-in.
A first conversation with yourself about where you are… and where you want to be.

"Here's where I am right now… but here's where I want to be."

You don’t have to know the whole way forward.
You just need a willingness to take one next step.

⚠️ Before Anything Else: DO THESE TWO THINGS

Seriously—don’t wait. These are the two most powerful tools in this kit.
They’re short, accessible, and you can come back to them again and again.

🎧 Space to Be Sad
Helps you feel, express, and begin releasing your sadness—without fear or overwhelm.

🎧 Break From the Sad
Gives your nervous system a rest. A breath. A moment of calm inside the chaos.

Use them now.
Use them later today.
Use them every week if you need to.

Grief isn’t something we power through in one go.
You’ll need both expression and rest. These audio activations help you practice both.

🗺 A Quick Tour: What Else is Waiting for You Here?

After this intro and initial exercise, here’s what I’ve included in your grief kit:

🧠 Grief Loss Education
A compassionate, reality-based breakdown of what grief actually is—not just what you’ve been told. Includes updated models beyond the outdated 5 stages.

📝 Grief Recovery Assessment + Timeline
Get a sense of how you're processing loss over time. It’s not linear, and that’s okay. These tools give you something to reflect back on later.

🔍 Are You Properly Grieving?
A deeper check-in on how your mind and body may be showing signs of stuck or stuffed grief (even if you didn’t realize it).

🧭 Worksheets + Rituals

• Healthy Coping Worksheet

• Grief Recovery Roadblocks

• Rituals and traditions that support healing
  (Download these. Print them. Come back to them. They’re meant to support you in real life.)

🧰 Therapeutic Homework Ideas
Sometimes the simplest physical acts are the most healing. These creative and grounded assignments are tools to actually process, not just think about grief.

💬 When It's Time to Get Help
This isn’t a self-help-only space. I’ll help you understand the signs that it’s time to talk to someone directly—and I’m here when you’re ready.

💡 Special Remembrance Check-ins
You’ll find reminders scheduled throughout the course:

• “Read in One Month”

• “How are you doing?”

• “Start again, if needed.”
  These are designed to keep you engaged after the initial wave of emotion passes.

🤝 I’m Walking With You

Whether you use every single tool today or come back in a week, please don’t let this course just collect digital dust. Skim it. Pick one section to dive into today. Even 10 minutes can move something important inside you.

Come back often. These tools will meet you differently each time.

And if you feel like you’ve hit a wall? That’s usually a sign you’re ready for a session.
I’d be honored to walk with you in a more personal way.
You can schedule time with me directly when you're ready.

You’re not meant to do this alone.
You’re not expected to get over it.
But you can get through it.

Even if it’s hard.
Even if you’re doing it afraid.
Do it anyway.

Because future-you—the one looking back a year from now—will be proud that you started here.

NO TIME? I get it. Here's the entire course summarized in a Podcast-like learning style audio that's less than 15 minutes. Listen in your car or while doing chores. Then, if you like, take a deeper dive into the parts that interest you now.

https://www.caseycolecorbin.com/view/courses/grief-loss-response-kit/3122979-that-s-the-information-here-s-the-help/10243302-podcast-learning-grief-conversational-style

But what I recommend is that you interact with the Grief Bot that I created for you. This is an anonomous way to chat about your feelings and thoughts with no judgement. In fact, I've programmed this Bot to be very helpful. It has all the information here. So much so you don't really need to read the information here at all. The Grief Bot can read it to you like an audiobook, or summarize it for you. You can also have infinite conversations with the Bot. It will interact with you to encourage you, provide resources, and even custom "Activations". Click here:

https://chatgpt.com/g/g-6a0e296303fc81919a3de7c85fe62095-grief-bot