Mindful Grief

Here, I share some of my expertise and experience supporting grieving hearts. Books, guides, courses, 1:1 are available for support.
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For anyone navigating the deep pain of grief through bereavement, loss, illness, caregiving and life transitions. * Honoring & Healing * Grief Education * Community * Remembering * Loving Mindful Awareness * Being Human * ©2014

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Welcome to this space for moving through grief with mind-body-heart-soul, inner wisdom, mindfulness, compassion, personal beliefs, and support systems.

is the page for www.griefcircles.com and Center for MCCG. Here, we invite in the community and wisdom of the bereaved, the grieving, the ill, the caregivers, the dying, the loved ones, and all those impacted with losses in their communities and lives. It is meant to be inclusive and one rule is unconditional regard for everyone. Please join for your personal benefit to heal through your grief. Please be respectful in your comments. Approaching grief experience with loving awareness, courage and radical acceptance, opening your heart when it’s ready, is something you can do on your own. Or, you may prefer an experienced guide to be present with you on your journey, while you are still at the driver’s seat. Inviting you with a beginner's mind to check it out. It may be just what you needed. It may be useful in your toolbox. It may not be your cup of tea. I have been working with grieving folks for over a decade. I have experienced many losses over the years. I research the subject of grief and loss, death and dying, and resilience professionally and academically. I have helped hundreds of people move through grief and towards healing. You have the agency and inner wisdom to discern for yourself. I hope you find your way of healing. From a place of respect, hope and LOVE,
Yasemin Yamodo-Isler (YaYa), Founder. Grief Guide and Educator, Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher and Mentor, Integrative Thanatologist, End-of-Life Doula, Hospice Volunteer, author. If you wanna follow on Instagram: or https://www.instagram.com/griefcircles/

Learn more about the origins of Grief Circles HERE: https://www.griefcircles.com/about

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12/15/2025

Grief is not linear. It doesn’t follow stages or a timeline. What you experience (the restless thoughts, the replayed memories, the emotional loops) is your mind reorganizing itself.

This reorganization is natural, but doing it alone can leave you stuck. In our grief circles, I guide attention, identity, and meaning in ways that help integration happen safely and compassionately.

Here’s a quick practice you can do now: Place your hand on your heart. Notice where your attention drifts. Observe without judgment. This small shift is the start of guided integration

If you want deeper support, Winter Widows Circle starts Jan 14. 12-weeks long. Structured guidance, meaningful connection, and practical tools await.

Enroll today ↑ Link in Bio: JOIN Winter Grief Circles

Widows Circle

All grief and loss circle

Caregiving professionals grief circle

are all open for registration.

Yasemin

12/15/2025

Grief sometimes arrives suddenly in ways we never expect. A headline, a story, a tragedy unfolding somewhere in the world can remind us that loss touches more lives than we usually notice. The sorrow of others may ripple into our own hearts even when we do not know the people involved personally.

It is natural to assume that grief happens somewhere else, to other people, until it touches us directly. When it does, the feelings can be raw, confusing, or overwhelming. Observing how our own sorrow rises alongside the grief in the world connects us to a shared human experience. It reminds us that we are not alone in our heartbreak even when our losses are unique.

Grief is not a problem to solve. It is a living, evolving presence, sometimes heavy, sometimes quieter, and always unpredictable. Our hearts change alongside it. Some days we feel anchored, other days untethered. Each wave, each moment of sorrow or reflection, is part of the human journey.

Notice today the grief you carry, the grief that moves quietly in the world around you, and how your heart meets it. Allow yourself to feel, to observe, to acknowledge, and know that in doing so you honor both your own experience and the shared thread of human suffering and resilience.

Yasemin Isler

12/15/2025

Grief is not a problem to be solved.

It is a human response to loss that deserves time, understanding, and respect.

This page is devoted to approaching grief with psychological depth, emotional honesty, and steady compassion, for those living with loss and for those who support them.

12/15/2025

Grief after losing a spouse can feel isolating, even when everyone around you means well.

This 12-week widows circle is a professionally led space where your grief is fully witnessed and supported. Week by week, you gain insight into your own experience, develop ways to navigate difficult moments, and feel the steady presence of a community that truly understands the depth of loss. The combination of guidance, reflective practices, and long-term support helps participants move through grief with clarity, steadiness, and confidence.

Being in community over time is profoundly healing. I have been witnessing it, leading groups and circles for over a decade. The difference it makes is transformative. If you’re grieving the loss of your partner, I hope you’ll get to join and experience it.

This is a high touch, small group. Spots are limited. Reserve yours today.

➡️ Link in bio, click Join Winter Grief Circles .. then Follow the links to Widows Circle.

Yasemin

12/14/2025

Unprocessed grief can appear quietly, sometimes years after it first arose. Many of us were never taught or given permission to grieve, or life moved too fast to notice. The reasons do not matter. What matters is what you do with the present moment.

You might notice a memory, a feeling, or something small that arises. Even a brief observation is meaningful. You can move at your own pace. There is no right or wrong way to meet grief.

Some of you may wonder how to meet grief in your own way and with expert guidance. That is why gentle spaces like my Grief Circles exist. I’ve been offering Grief Circles for over a decade. Much research, personal and professional experience have been poured into them to create unique, supportive, meaningful and transformative experiences for grieving precious people.

Winter groups begin in January and offer a supportive, online space where insights can emerge and your experience can be met with care.

For those who prefer to explore solo, my book and online course can be a quiet companion along the way

→ Begin where you are. Links in bio.

Whatever path you choose, kindness toward yourself is the first step. Give yourself a moment of patience and tenderness, wherever you are.

12/13/2025

Some memories come back with a weight you can feel in your chest.

Others arrive quietly, reminding you that love does not disappear just because life has changed.

What hurts is not a sign of weakness.

It is a sign that your heart is still telling the truth.

If you have been carrying more than you can name, and you want support that feels steady, gentle, and grounded, the Mindfully Navigating Grief Course here for you.

Short lessons.

Gentle, expert, guidance.

Practical tools.

Compassion you can feel.

A safe space to tend to what hurts.

Begin when you are ready.

You do not have to walk this alone.

Taught by grief and mindfulness expert, Yasemin Isler

12/12/2025

This is a new piece on my Substack, where I’ll be slowly sharing both previous reflections and new writing. Swipe through the first few paragraphs here and read the full article via the link in my bio.

12/12/2025

Some memories stay close.

They return in quiet moments.

They ask to be acknowledged, nothing more.

Grief doesn’t vanish.

It shifts.

It reminds you of what mattered and still matters.

Which memory comes forward for you today?

The one that hurts.

The one that steadies you.

The one that reminds you of the person you loved.

You can name it here if you want. 💛

12/12/2025

Grief can arrive quietly or it can knock you off balance.

This 8-week circle is for anyone navigating loss who wants real reflection, gentle connection, and a space to simply be present with what comes up. Together we will explore grief honestly and without judgment, and discover how long-term support and community transform the journey.

I have been witnessing this, leading groups for over a decade, and the difference it makes is profound.

Spots are limited, reserve yours today.

Link in bio, click Join Winter Grief Circles.

Yasemin

P.S. Stay tuned for widows circle and caregiving professionals grief circle to be announced soon.

12/11/2025

A blurred photo of me and my husband from a lifetime ago. Time has softened the sharp edges, and the details are harder to make out, yet the feeling remains. Memories rarely stay crisp. They drift, shift, and settle into new shapes. The heart holds on to what it can. The mind stores moments in its own careful way, then retrieves them with surprising tenderness. Even when the picture loses clarity, the memory still feels true. One hazy photograph can bring the entire world of that moment rushing back.

Sometimes I speak the words out loud, I miss you. Other times the longing rests quietly inside and surfaces only when it is ready. Both are honest. Both are human.

Every person carries a simple wish to find happiness and be free from suffering. It is easy to forget this when the world feels fast, stirs in violence and justifications for harming one another, when we scroll quickly or pass strangers without a second glance. Yet maybe the world could become a little softer if we paused and remembered that each person has their own grief, suffering, hopes, an unseen burdens. Even those we meet only online, whose faces we may never know, are trying to make their way through life. The hidden faces on other continents are also doing their best to survive, suffering, grieving, hoping, insisting on staying here for one more day.

What would happen if we approached each person with a bit more care? If we imagined their hardships, wishes, longing to be loved, and offered a quiet, unconditional respect. Not agreement, not perfection, simply respect.

For a world where each person receives the love and care they deserve, where suffering is met with compassion, where grief is met with kindness, and where no one is left to carry their story alone.

12/11/2025

Grief fatigue is real. 💛 What has been your experience? Comment below ⬇️

Grief fatigue can show up in many ways—emotionally, physically, mentally.

♡ ✨ We can work with what we’ve got.

♡ ✨ It will feel different than before.

♡ ✨ It asks us to let go of old habits.

♡ ✨ And, most of all, it calls for self-awareness and self-kindness.

How is your energy —mental, emotional, physical—today?

💌 If you’d like gentle guidance on navigating grief fatigue, my Grief Guide can help.

👉 Comment “GUIDE” ⤵️ or you can find it through the link in my bio.

💛

Yasemin

12/10/2025

Some pains stay unspoken

not because they’re small,

but because you’re tired of explaining

something your heart still doesn’t understand.

If someone gently asked right now,

“What’s hurting?”

what would rise to the surface?

A single word is enough.

I’m listening. 💛

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