Empowering widowed people to create a new, full life with grace, ease, and, yes, a bit of healthy rebellion.

Testimonials

  • My life has completely transformed

    “Working with Jim has completely altered the way I view my grief. I was dreading solo parenting and living in my own home. Now I'm living a life full of hope and connection beyond what I could have imagined all while honoring my husband and my healing." – Jeanne

  • I'm healing in ways I didn't dream of a few months ago

    "Before coaching with Jim I felt so confused and overwhelmed. Now using Jim's framework, I have deep compassion for myself. I have renewed confidence and trust in myself to make choices and create boundaries that I never thought possible after my husband died.” – Sandee

  • I have built a community of love and connection

    “I felt so lonely and isolated after my wife died. With Jim's gentle but powerful coaching I now have learned how to ask for and receive help which has literally saved my life.” – Paul

Meet Jim Spelman Grief REbel Coach

Powerful, Compassionate Coaching

Your life has split wide open with the death of your spouse or partner. I'm here as your partner in healing to help you create your new, redesigned life full of connection, trust and ease.

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The twelve healing tenets

Heal with Ease

Create the new, fullest version of yourself no matter where you are on your healing journey, not by pushing or forcing yourself through the traditional ways of doing grief, but by using a fluid, guiding and powerful healing framework.

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Creating a new identity

You're Not Alone

The way each of us grieves is totally unique to each one of us. And although widowhood has its own unique set of challenges, hope and healing are available to you right now.

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Discover Healing

Maybe emailing is easier for you right now. I know from personal experience it's hard to trust, reach out for help and be vulnerable in grief and healing. Click below to start an email conversation with Jim. It's free, confidential and easy...

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How Grief Rebel Coaching Works

  • Grief is Messy

    What is the next step in your deep struggle with grief? You may have tried or are in widow support groups, in therapy and/or reading grief books. All of these can be helpful. But most likely you're still experiencing one of more of the following grief traits:

    • Intense Emotions
    • Overwhelm
    • Elevated Irritability
    • Lack of focus/Drive
    • Unhealthy Relationships
    • Higher Levels of Anxiety
    • Fatigue
    • Food, Drink or Other Void Fillers
    • Numbness or Lack of Feeling
    • Feelings of Surreality
    • Periods of Hopelessness
    • Survivor's Guilt and Shame

    The great new is that coaching works. I've developed a proven, individualized and flexible Grief Rebel Coaching System and Healing Framework that has helped many, many widowed people just like you move from deep grief to living fully with surprising ease.

    I'm here for you. If you'd like to find out how I work and if coaching is for you, click the button below. At the very least you'll spend a valuable, healing hour gaining insights and helpful tools.

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  • Hope is Possible

    My sole (and soul) mission to guide you to discover and confidently own your new life and identity following the death of your spouse or partner. With my coaching method you will:

    • Be unconditionally listened to in a completely nonjudgemental, safe space
    • Create a hopeful future
    • Free yourself from the pain of your intense loss
    • Learn to accept yourself and the way you are grieving
    • Learn to live harmoniously with the death and memory of your spouse or partner
    • Safely and permanently release even the most intense emotions
    • Become your own best teacher creating answers and boundaries that work for you
    • Replace old, limiting beliefs and patterns with new beliefs that fuel, further and foster the new you
    • Discover how to create spontaneity, joy and fun again
    • Learn how to physically and emotionally refuel when your tanks are empty or low
    • Utilize a repeatable healing framework day to day, moment to moment to fill your wants and needs

    If you're curious about coaching, please reach out. I know your healing is available right here, right now. Click the link below to find out more.

    Schedule your Discovery Call 
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Grief Rebel Resources

Jim's ability to deeply and profoundly listen...

...and pinpoint my emotional blocks has helped me move through relationship and dating challenges with surprising ease. Jim is both professional and experienced. So many times I've stopped during our session to jot notes about his surprising insights.  Jim's wisdom in knowing just what to say has moved me to many 'aha!', transformative moments. His healing formula combines patience, unconditional support, empathy, practical (and new!) frameworks and, yes, some laughter, too!  I highly recommend working with Jim Spelman." 

Susan Hannifin-MacNab, Author, Social Worker, Widow

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Who is a Grief Rebel?

Through my own profound widowhood and trauma experiences, I have learned that widowed people who choose to heal have one thing main thing in common: the use of a healthy dose of rebellion. Call it boldness, resilience, tenacity and/or feistiness. Whatever words you choose, you have experienced this as widowed person, too: our lives are transformed like no other when our spouse or partner dies. I know, coupled with that rebel spirit, is bravery and courage. You are here today looking for ways to heal. You are asking questions, uncovering beliefs, examining thoughts and feeling hugely. YOU are a member of our brave Grief Rebel tribe.

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