The Grief Experience: Tools for Acceptance, Resilience & Connection

03/14/2026

Get ready! This month's events has something for everyone!

03/14/2026

Join us for a special evening at the Ballston Spa Public Library

Several of the authors of The Grief Experience: Tools for Acceptance, Resilience, and Connection will gather to share their stories and talk about the real experiences behind the book.

🗓 Tuesday, March 31st
🕡 6:30 PM
📍 Ballston Spa Public Library

This collaborative book features powerful stories from 25 authors, each offering personal insights and practical tools for navigating grief.

During the event, you’ll hear from local authors, learn about the inspiration behind the book, and have the opportunity to connect with others in the community.

Whether you are grieving, supporting someone who is grieving, or simply interested in learning more about how people move forward after loss, we would love to see you there.

💙 Books will be available, and authors will be present to connect after the event.

03/04/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Grief Experience authors Kelly Daugherty and April Hannah!

We’re excited to celebrate that Kelly and April are featured in another Amazon Best Seller, The Ultimate Guide to Self-Healing, Volume 6, published by Brave Healer Productions.

This collaborative book brings together 25 healers sharing powerful stories and practical tools to support healing, resilience, nervous system regulation, coping with grief, and more.

We’re proud to see members of the Grief Experience community continuing to share their voices and help others through their work. 💛

If you’d like to support Kelly and April:

📖 Grab a copy of the book on Amazon- link is in the comments
⭐ Leave a review on Amazon

Your support helps these important stories reach more people who need them.

Congratulations, Kelly and April! 🎉

02/10/2026

Celebrating 2 years of the Grief Experience! Grateful for how many people have found and support from this book- the 25 author stories and all of the amazing tools shared.

02/08/2026

Today is the day!! Come celebrate with 6 of the authors from the award-winning book: The Grief Experience: Tools for Acceptance, Resilience and Connection. Join us at the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library from 1 to 3 to hear the authors share their stories, enjoy refreshments, chance to win a signed copy of the Grief Experience by all 25 Authors!! Hope to see you there!

02/07/2026

💛 Celebrating 2 Years of The Grief Experience 💛

This weekend we celebrate two years of The Grief Experience and most importantly, the incredible authors who made this book what it is.

To each of you: thank you for your courage, your honesty, and your willingness to share your stories. Writing about grief is not easy. Sharing personal loss publicly and intentionally takes heart, vulnerability, and deep generosity. You trusted your stories to this book so others could feel less alone in theirs.

Because of you, The Grief Experience has reached thousands of grieving individuals, sparked conversations in communities, classrooms, and support groups, and reminded people that grief does not have to be navigated in isolation. Your words continue to meet readers in moments when they need understanding, permission, and hope, not to “move on,” but to stay connected to their loved one.

This book exists because each of you said yes to sharing, to showing up, and to using your experience to support others. We are deeply grateful for the impact you’ve made and the lives you’ve touched over the past two years.

Thank you for being part of this journey. Thank you for your voices. Thank you for your stories.

💛 Here’s to two years and to the continued ripple effect of compassion, connection, and courage.

02/06/2026

Grief Experience turns 2 today!!

02/06/2026

Capital Region of NY: If you are local we would love to have you come and celebrate our 2 Year Anniversary of the Grief Experience Book this weekend at the Clifton Park Halfmoon Library from 1 to 3. Meet the authors, have your book signed, enter a raffle, enjoy refreshments, and more!

02/04/2026

✨ Exciting news!
Grief Experience authors Kelly Daugherty and April Hannah are both featured in a new collaborative book with Brave Healer Productions:

The Ultimate Guide to Self-Healing, Volume 6

We’re currently building the launch team, and we’d love your help getting this book and these powerful chaptersinto the world.

📖 As part of the launch team, you’ll:
✔ Receive an advanced reader copy
✔ Purchase the eBook on launch day (March 3, 2026)
✔ Leave an honest Amazon review

Small steps. Big impact.

👉 Join the launch team here:
https://www.lauradifranco.com/ultimate-guide-to-self-healing-6-launch-team/

Thank you for supporting this work and helping amplify voices that matter.

02/04/2026

✨ Celebrating 2 Years of The Grief Experience ✨

Two years ago, The Grief Experience: Tools for Acceptance, Resilience and Connection was released into the world—and since then, it has reached far beyond what we ever imagined.

This collaborative book, created with 25 authors, has become an Amazon Best Seller, a 2024 International Book Awards Winner, and the recipient of the 2025 Coalition of Visionary Resources Award in Grief. More importantly, it has helped normalize grief, validate lived experiences, and offer practical tools to thousands of readers.

We’re especially proud of the local impact. Eleven of the 25 authors are from the Saratoga region, and together they have presented to hundreds of grieving individuals through workshops, community events, support groups, and trainings since the book’s release.

To mark this milestone, seven local authors will gather for a free community event at the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library on Sunday, February 8, from 1–3 PM. The event will include author reflections, conversation, Q&A, and book signing, along with information about local grief resources.

This book was created so that anyone who is grieving could open it and feel less alone—finding at least one story that resonates and tools that meet them where they are. We would love to celebrate this journey with you.

📍 Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library
📅 Sunday, Feb. 8
⏰ 1–3 PM
🎟 Free & open to the community

💛 Whether you are grieving, supporting someone who is, or simply want to better understand grief, you are welcome.

01/31/2026

01/31/2026

Since the release of The Grief Experience in February 2023, the authors have had a busy and meaningful two years. Through community events, trainings, workshops, and conversations, they’ve been sharing their stories and tools with grieving individuals across the region and beyond. This video offers a glimpse into what the authors have been up to and the shared goal that continues to guide the work: getting this book into the hands of as many grieving people as possible, so they feel seen, understood, and less alone.