Someone I Love Is Grieving…How Can I Support Them?
Start here: Show up. Gently. Consistently. Without fixing.
Grief doesn’t need solutions — it needs presence.
It needs someone who can sit beside the wreckage without rushing to rebuild it.
Support looks like:
💠 Respecting their timeline
💠 Validating their anger, numbness, silence — all of it
💠 Offering help without needing thanks
💠 Remembering their person’s name
💠 Saying “I don’t know what to say, but I’m here” — and meaning it
💠 Not turning away when it gets messy
💠 Loving them exactly as they are
Through the lens of yoga’s Yamas & Niyamas, grief support becomes a practice:
Ahimsa — Be gentle.
Satya — Be real.
Asteya — Give space.
Brahmacharya — Be mindful with your energy.
Aparigraha — Let go of needing to fix it.
Tapas — Keep showing up.
Santosha — Accept where they are.
Saucha — Bring small breaths of calm.
Svadhyaya — Do your own work, too.
Ishvara Pranidhana — Surrender the need to control.
You won’t get it perfect. You don’t need to.
Just stay. Breathe. Walk with them, one moment at a time.
Grief doesn’t come with a map, but you don’t have to walk through it alone. I’m Laura Walton, LMFT and Founder of Grief on Purpose. I've created courses, resource bundles, and journals designed to give you tools, companionship, and a place to begin again. Whether you’re navigating the death of someone you love, carrying the weight of trauma, or simply looking for a gentle guide back to yourself, I'd be honored to help you. I am currently booking clients for both clinical and non-clinical modalities.
