Traumatic Loss & Grief:

A Practical Path After Overwhelming Loss

  

New Online Course with David Kessler

LIVE Q&As Start March 12th

  
Begin Your Journey

Traumatic Loss & Grief:

A Practical Path After Overwhelming Loss

  

New Online Course with David Kessler

Starting March 8th, 2026

  
Begin Your Journey

Traumatic Grief

Rocks Your Whole World

 

Traumatic grief doesn't knock politely. It breaks down the door or ambushes you in the grocery store, the shower, or at a birthday party. And it makes you wonder: "Will I ever feel like myself again? Or is this just who I am now?"

You might be experiencing:

▪ Intrusive images or memories that replay without your permission

▪ Overwhelming guilt about things you did or didn't do

▪ Old wounds and past traumas surfacing when you least expect them

▪ A sense that the old you is gone, and you don't recognize yourself

▪ Triggers and activators everywhere - sounds, dates, places, even weather 

▪ Feeling flooded and unable to catch your breath when grief hits

▪ The belief that your pain is bigger than you and will never change

▪ Isolation because others don't understand this kind of loss

In traumatic grief, your mind and body are responding to something you weren't prepared for.

Traumatic Grief

Rocks Your Whole World

 

Traumatic grief doesn't knock politely. It breaks down the door or ambushes you in the grocery store, the shower, or your child's birthday party. And it makes you wonder: Will I ever feel like myself again? Or is this just who I am now?"

You might be experiencing:

▪ Intrusive images or memories that replay without your permission

▪ Overwhelming guilt about things you did or didn't do

▪ Old wounds and past traumas surfacing when you least expect them

▪ A sense that the old you is gone, and you don't recognize yourself

▪ Triggers and activators everywhere - sounds, dates, places, even weather 

▪ Feeling flooded and unable to catch your breath when grief hits

▪ The belief that your pain is bigger than you and will never change

▪ Isolation because others don't understand this kind of loss

In traumatic grief, your mind and body are responding to something you weren't prepared for.

A Path Through Traumatic Grief

In this course, you'll finally hear:

"Your reactions make complete sense."

You'll get tools that actually work when you're overwhelmed. Real techniques for intrusive thoughts, triggers and activators, sleepless nights, and the moments when it all feels like too much.

You'll learn how to hold your story, when to share it, when to protect it, and how to stop it from consuming you.

And most importantly: You'll go at your own pace. This is your grief, your trauma, your healing.

 

Join the Course

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Old wounds come up not to be reopened, but to be healed.

 

All Trauma Has Grief, But Not All Grief Has Trauma

Maybe your loss was sudden. Maybe you saw something no one should see. Maybe you were helpless while it happened, or you can't stop asking what you could have done differently.

This isn't regular grief. This is grief that broke something open.

You know because your thoughts won't stop. They keep looping with no off switch.

The guilt sits on your chest. You rethink what you did, what you didn't do, the seconds you wish you could just redo. Your nervous system hasn't gotten the memo that it's over. You're still running, still bracing, still waiting for the next bad thing.

And somehow, impossibly, old wounds are resurfacing. Losses you thought you'd dealt with. Pain you buried decades ago. It's all coming up at once.

You might not even recognize yourself. The person you used to be feels like someone you read about in a book.

Standard grief support tells you to "feel your feelings" and "take it one day at a time." But when grief comes with trauma, those platitudes don't work.

You need something built for this.

There is a path through, and this course was designed to help you walk it. You don't have to do this alone.

 


Core Course Content

  • Video lessons covering the essential aspects of traumatic grief from understanding overwhelm to working with guilt, triggers, identity shifts, and more
  • Complete PDF transcripts of every session
  • Resource & Support Handbook with tools and guidance for navigating your grief journey
  • Lifetime access to watch and rewatch at your own pace
  • 4 Live Zoom Q&A sessions with David Kessler

Live Learning with David

  • Join 4 live Q&A sessions with David Kessler so you can ask questions and get guidance
    • Thursdays: March 12, 19, 26, and April 2, 2026
    • 1:00 PM PT / 4:00 PM ET
    • We would love to have you join live, and a recording will be provided to revisit any time

 

Bonus Resources

  • Exclusive interview: David Kessler in conversation with Gabor Maté on the intersection of trauma and grief
  • Grief Meditation for Hard Days - audio. A gentle practice you can return to whenever you need grounding

Meet David Kessler

David Kessler knows traumatic grief firsthand. As a child, he witnessed a mass shooting while his mother was dying in a hospital. Decades later, his twenty-one-year-old son David died suddenly - a loss that shattered everything he thought he knew about grief.

David is one of the world's foremost experts on grief and loss. He's the author of six bestselling books, including Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief, and co-authored On Grief and Grieving with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. For most of his life, he has taught physicians, nurses, counselors, police, and first responders about trauma and grief.

His work is informed by both professional expertise and personal survival—and his deep belief that there is hope, even after life's most devastating losses.

 

 

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I wouldn't be here without the hope that came from the changes that I've made and what I've learned.

 

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Meet David Kessler

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David Kessler knows traumatic grief firsthand. As a child, he witnessed a mass shooting while his mother was dying in a hospital. Decades later, his twenty-one-year-old son David died suddenly - a loss that shattered everything he thought he knew about grief.

David is one of the world's foremost experts on grief and loss. He's the author of six bestselling books, including Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief, and co-authored On Grief and Grieving with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. For most of his life, he has taught physicians, nurses, counselors, police, and first responders about trauma and grief.

His work is informed by both professional expertise and personal survival—and his deep belief that there is hope, even after life's most devastating losses.

 

 

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I wouldn't be here without the hope that came from the changes that I've made and what I've learned.

 

Enroll Now

Your Journey Through the Course

Each module in this course will help you navigate the often overwhelming and rocky path of traumatic grief

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Connection repairs what trauma broke.

 

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Connection repairs what trauma broke.

 

Your Experience

Start right away. 

You'll start the moment you enroll.

New modules are released weekly, giving you time to absorb what you're learning without getting buried in content all at once.

Everything stays available forever. Watch at 2 am if that's when you need it. Pause for weeks if you have to. This moves at your pace, not ours.

Join David for four live weekly Q&A sessions starting on March 12th (all recorded if you can't make it live). Bring your questions, hear from others navigating similar experiences, and receive guidance.

Go at your own pace. Pause as needed. Rewatch again and again. This is your journey.

Begin Your Journey

 

 

Understand the impact of traumatic grief and learn practical tools to find your way through.

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We want this to feel supportive, not stressful. If you decide within 14 days that this isn’t what you need, you can request a full refund.