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The Wheel of Grief Program: Be like Julie McCoy-The Cruise Ship Director of Your Grief Boat

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Navigating through grief can feel overwhelming, like being lost at sea without a compass. This is why it’s essential to become the cruise director of your own grief journey, much like Julie McCoy from “The Love Boat.” The Wheel of Grief group offers you a way to steer through these turbulent waters with wisdom and support.

 

What Makes the Wheel of Grief Unique?

 

Unlike typical grief groups, the Wheel of Grief incorporates the ancient wisdom of the Medicine Wheel. Known as the four directions, this concept is shared across many cultures, including Native American, Celtic, and Nordic traditions. It connects us back to our first ancestors, the elemental roots—earth, fire, water, and air.

 

As we journey through the Wheel, each direction and element offers insights and guidance, providing a map for your grief process. This map helps you navigate the swirling, non-linear path of grief, anchoring you in the storm and serving as a rudder for your life’s new direction.

 

The Journey of the Wheel of Grief:

 

Our main goal is to keep your grief moving. It’s easy to get stuck in the overwhelm of grief, and while it’s okay to pause and feel, setting up camp there can hinder your healing. The Wheel of Grief encourages a spiral movement, reflecting how grief naturally unfolds.

 

While many yearn to return to their old selves by speeding through the well-known five stages of grief, big grief transforms you over time. The Wheel of Grief serves as your companion in this identity shift, helping you embrace change.

 

What You’ll Receive:

  • Practical Spiritual Wisdom: Grounded in the Medicine Wheel, offering a unique blend of guidance and support.
  • Cowry Shell Divinations: Two personal readings connect you to your lineage’s wisdom, offering practical rituals to guide your grief journey.
  • Somatic Tools and Practices: Techniques to calm your body and regulate your nervous system during intense grief waves.
  • Creative Prompts and Pathways: Explore new creative tools since grief often requires different approaches than what worked before.

 

As one participant realized, “I thought grief just happened to you; I didn’t know I could be proactive with it.” Grief is anything but passive. As my grief mentor Francis Weller states, “There is something feral about grief.”

 

Grief is life force energy. And this program is about helping you reclaim your power and learn to dance with grief, rather than being overwhelmed by it.

 

Why Choose the Wheel of Grief?

 

It’s like having a shortcut through the pain of grief, potentially saving you time and money. As another participant noted, “I got more out of our 3-4 months of working together than my six years of other therapy.”

 

Consider signing up for a Grief Transformation call with Beth to explore further. Your grief will become one of your greatest teachers, guiding you like a spiritual director.

 

👉 Click here to set up a Grief Transformation Call. 

 

And just like Julie McCoy, you’ll gain the skills to direct your path, continuously learning and moving forward with both life and grief. Take the helm of your grief boat and chart a course toward healing and growth.


Here are the important details:

We begin on September 24, 2025. We will gather 13 times over 6 months. The time will be from 5:30-7:15pm MST (4:30pm PST/7:30pm EST).


The dates are the following: 

  • Sept 24, 2025
  • October 8 & 22
  • November 19
  • December 3,17 & 30
  • January 14 & 28
  • February 11 & 25
  • March 11 & 25

 

You’ll receive:

  • Two group sessions per month with one extra session (13 sessions in total)
  • 2 1:1 sessions with Beth-to be used anytime during the 6 months
  • Access to a private Facebook group
  • Lifeline access to Beth via a method that fits best for you. (Email, Marco Polo, What’sApp)
  • Somatic exercises and practices
  • Personalized creative prompts based on your grief needs
  • Grief maps to help guide you and make sense of your losses 
  • Grief Teachings
  • Grief poems
  • Support & guidance to set up a grief altar or ancestor altar or both 
  • Ancestral teachings/Ancestral Journey Work
  • Spiritually based teachings from the four directions

 

Bonuses:

  • Lifetime Access to Beth’s Online Grief Relief program includes 8 modules to take at your own pace. (value $797)
  • 2 Cowry Shell Divinations to lock in clarity (value $444). So you actually get 4 1:1’s with Beth throughout the program.
  • A copy of Beth’s book-Life upside down: The Fall That Transformed Our Lives, Lifting Me Through Grief, Love and Quadriplegia (book and shipping-30-40$ value).

 

Are you feeling a call waking up in your bones to join this group? Set up a Grief Transformation Call with Beth so you can chat with her and learn if this is the right program for you.


👉 Click here to set up a Grief Transformation Call. 

 

And if you join by Friday, September 19th, you’ll receive a bonus grief coaching call with Beth.


May you grieve well, BE well.


***This was written mostly by Beth, a human being, with some help from AI. Special thanks to the waters that made that happen.

Thanks for reading our collaborative effort.