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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01/17/2026

Grief can feel overwhelming. Gentle guidance can help.

Mindful Grief: A Gentle Companion Through Loss offers a compassionate space to process your emotions, honor your loved one, and find moments of peace in the midst of all there is.

Through thoughtful journal prompts and soothing mindfulness exercises, this guide supports you in cultivating self compassion and learning how to carry your loved one’s love and memory with you.

Written through the lens of grief and mindfulness expertise, the Mindful Grief Guide: A Gentle Companion Through Loss meets you where you are and walks beside you, step by step.

Grief can be overwhelming, but you do not have to face it alone, or figure it out from scratch.

Comment GUIDE ⤵️ for ways to support yourself through grief and moments of peace in the midst of all there is, and I will share the link.

01/11/2026

Life can feel heavier than usual sometimes and this may be one of those times. Some days carry a different weight.

You might feel it as vigilance.
A tight chest.
A mind that won’t settle.

When the nervous system senses threat, your body and mind may respond in ways that feel intense or unfamiliar. This is a natural reaction to stress, not a sign that something is wrong with you.

Your body and mind are responding to real stress, even if it doesn’t always feel visible.

Right now, many of us are carrying more than our own personal grief. the weight of others’ grief, collective loss, uncertainty, and change.

In these moments, you don’t have to do everything at once. Even one breath at a time matters. Even small pauses are meaningful.

If you feel ready for more guidance, there are gentle ways to navigate grief and restore calm — at your own pace, in your own time. [Links are in bio]

Remember, it’s OK to pause, reset, restore, and get support.

Yasemin

01/06/2026

Most grief guidance focuses on feeling better.

That is why it often fails.

Others focus on what grief can take from you. That perspective may feel validating at first, yet it often leaves you suspended in watchfulness rather than supported in living.

Grief is a natural response to loss. It is not something you process and leave behind.

If you have tried talking it through, staying busy, or being strong and still feel overwhelmed, numb, or stuck, nothing has gone wrong. You were taught to approach grief as a problem to fix.

“Mindfully Navigating Grief” offers a different path.

You are guided in how to stay present with grief without turning against yourself.

It teaches how to live with grief without being ruled by it.

Begin here → [Click link in bio on Instagram or below on Facebook]

www.griefcircles.com/mindful-grief

01/05/2026

Most grief guidance tries to help you feel better.

That is often why it does not help.

Grief is not something you process and move past. It is something you learn how to live with.

If you have tried talking it through, staying busy, or being strong and still feel overwhelmed, numb, or stuck, nothing has gone wrong. You were taught to approach grief as a problem to fix.

“Mindfully Navigating Grief” offers a different path.

Instead, you are guided in how to stay present with grief without turning against yourself.

Begin here.

www.griefcircles.com/mindful-grief

01/04/2026

Grief changes how life feels.

It affects your body, your sleep, your sense of time, your ability to function in a world that keeps moving.

This course offers steady, private guidance for living with loss without forcing closure, positivity, or quick healing.

Move at your own pace. Return as often as needed.

If you are tired of carrying grief alone, this is a steady place to begin.

www.griefcircles.com/mindful-grief

01/03/2026

Grief alters the field of attention. It changes how the body holds itself, how the mind moves, and how time is sensed. Much of what arises cannot be resolved or made meaningful. It can only be met.

The work is not to overcome grief, but to remain present without becoming overwhelmed or shut down. This requires steadiness, discernment, and care. These qualities can be cultivated even in the midst of pain.

“Mindfully Navigating Grief” course offers structured, contemplative support for accompanying loss without forcing resolution. It invites a way of staying, listening, and responding with care.

Link: https://www.griefcircles.com/mindful-grief

01/01/2026

Lost in grief’s storm? 🌧️ Find peace with the Mindful Grief Guide—your heart’s GPS to healing. Ready to start your journey? 💖

https://www.griefcircles.com/mindfulgrief-guide

12/30/2025

When everything feels like too much, or when you’re not even sure what you’re feeling yet, the question isn’t what should I do.

It’s often simply where can I begin without pressure.

This guide was created as a gentle place to start. Not to explain grief away. Not to fix it. Just to offer steady ground for noticing, breathing, and being with what’s already here.

If you’ve been carrying a lot quietly, or feeling unsure how to approach your grief without overwhelming yourself, you’re welcome to begin here.

Start here:

https://www.griefcircles.com/mindfulgrief-guide

12/28/2025

If you sometimes wonder whether you’re handling grief “wrong” while everyone else seems fine…

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If some days you feel like the world is moving on while you’re stuck inside your own grief, keep reading.

Some days, grief moves quietly beside you.

Other days, it surfaces suddenly, reshaping your sense of time and energy.

You may notice thoughts like:

“Am I supposed to feel more by now?”
“Why is this harder than I imagined?”

There is no right or wrong way to experience this. Observing your own rhythm, your pauses, and what shows up in the moment is enough.

For practical, mindful support you can start today, the Grief Guide is available for immediate download.

It offers gentle exercises, reflections, and guidance to help you navigate grief at your own pace. Link in bio or comment GUIDE ⤵️ for the link.

💬 What’s present for you today? Comment a word. It may help another person recognize their own experience.

12/22/2025

Before grief enters your own life, it may have lived at a distance.

It was probably something you hear about, talk about, imagined you understand.

Then it happens to you.

And suddenly, what was abstract becomes embodied.

Your priorities shift. Your nervous system speaks.

The world looks different. It is quieter, sharper, heavier, more honest.

Often there is surprise with how relationships change.

Nothing anyone said about grief fully may have prepared you for this.

Because grief cannot be understood from the outside.

It clarifies itself only when it is lived.

This space exists so you don’t have to carry that clarity alone.

Here, you are invited to turn toward your grief with honesty and care, in order to understand it, to make room for it, and to ease the suffering that often comes from resisting or rushing it.

If you’re looking for support this winter:

❄️ Winter Grief Circles begin in January. These are guided, compassionate spaces to process grief in community

🎧 On-demand courses & guided meditations are available when you need support on your own schedule

📚 My books were written to meet you gently, wherever you are in your grieving

[More on the way in 2026].

There is no single “right” way to grieve.

You are welcome to choose what supports you now, or simply to be here.

Links in bio.

You are welcome, however you wish to process this. Guidance is available when you’re ready.

Yasemin Isler

12/20/2025

Many are carrying more than one kind of grief right now.

Personal losses that are still tender.

And collective losses that keep arriving.

Violence close to home.

Wars that continue.

Public tragedies that stay in the body long after the news cycle moves on.

Names and places matter.

So do the ones we do not hear named.

Brown University.

Bondi Beach.

Rob Reiner.

We watch on media what some people are enduring thanks behind our comprehension.

So…much…suffering.

And there is what hits home directly.

Your neighbor.

Your loved one.

The deaths and losses connected to people we know, admire, or have grown up with.

The quieter griefs unfolding in homes, hospitals, and private lives.

When personal grief and collective grief overlap, the weight is different.

Heavier. More fatiguing. More destabilizing.

If you notice changes in sleep, energy, appetite, or heart rate, or in other ways, pay attention.

These are signals, not shortcomings.

This is a time for discernment.

Some moments call for offering support within your sphere of influence.

Others call for stepping back, resting, and being held.

Both are forms of care.

May we stay oriented toward kindness and compassion.

For ourselves,

and for others, as we are able.

Yasemin

Links in bio for support.

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