Margaret Lennon - Certified Grief and Loss Specialist and Life Coach

29/07/2025

The five stages of death and dying, designed by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, were groundbreaking in their time. They gave dignity to those facing terminal illness and transformed how we care for the dying.

But somewhere along the way, society made a crucial error: we took those stages and applied them to grief. And grief is not the same as dying.

Grief is a distinct emotional experience. It’s not linear. It doesn’t follow a tidy progression. Yet professionals across fields—mental health, ministry, social work—are still being taught to apply a model never intended for the grieving.

That’s why so many feel broken when they don’t ‘fit’ the stages. The truth is: there are no stages of grief. There are only individual responses to unique relationships—and that deserves a new approach.

21/05/2025

10/03/2024

My thoughts are with you all today and I’m sending lots of love to all those that need it today ❤️❤️

01/12/2023

So important to mark the start of National Grief Awareness Week tomorrow - 2nd-8th December

27/08/2023

And nobody does this better than us! This seven week program is unique in that we don’t give advice, pass judgement, analyse or criticise - we only ensure that you are heard with absolute confidentiality and it WORKS! If you want your life back, it’s never too early or too late to contact me. Not convinced? Look at what others have said.

27/08/2023

Grief doesn’t just have to be about death. Grief can be experienced from a whole host of situations: loss of health, divorce, friendship or relationship break up, moving school or country and leaving friends behind. These are just to name a few.

23/08/2023

Years ago in one of our Grief Recovery Method Workshops there were two grieving widows. One of the women described the wonderful relationship she’d had with her husband of 40 years. The other woman talked about an abusive and painful 40 year marriage. So while both women were widows from 40 year marriages, that’s all they had in common. But even if both had had fully loving and supportive relationships, the marriages still wouldn’t have been exactly the same because unique individuals make up relationships. This is why it’s important not to try to fit grievers in perfect little boxes.

05/08/2023

07/06/2023

Grief is one of the most off-limits, and misunderstood, topics in the world