Free live webinar

Holidays and Grief

How to get through a season that expects everyone to be merry.

With Melissa Dlugolecki, author of Scar Tissue

The holidays can feel like a lot when you're grieving. Join me for one hour to make them lighter, easier, and to learn tactical tools for the triggers that will come up.

For any loss: a person, a marriage, an identity, a pet. Every version is welcome here. Cameras stay off, so come in your pajamas.

Date

November 18

TIME

4:15 PM Pacific

Length

1 hour

COST

Free

There is no hierarchy in grief.

Hear why I do this work, then come hold the season with me.

What we'll talk about

Grief doesn't take a holiday, so we'll take it gently, together.

01 How to build your TEAM

02 Plans A, B, C and D

03 Changing traditions

04 The emotions and triggers of the season

05 Toxic positivity

After the webinar

Same holidays. A fuller table.

I won't pretend the holidays aren't hard. They are. And you don't have to pretend with me.

Together we'll look at who in your life can give you what, and who can't, so you can stop waiting on people who were never able to show up that way. That alone lightens the load.

The table might look different this year. A tradition changed, ended, or hasn't begun yet. You'll leave with a plan for each one, whether you keep it, let it go, or start something new.

The heavy days will still come. So will the surprising ones, the laugh that sneaks in right in the middle of the tears. You'll have real ways to hold both, and to feel connected instead of alone in it.

Same holidays. Fuller table. Walk in with your people and a plan for the days that matter most.

Your Host

Hi, I'm Melissa.

Melissa Dlugolecki is the author of Scar Tissue: How to Find Relief from the Pain of Your Emotional Wounds Without Toxic Positivity and the founder of The Brand LAB., a marketing TEAM that has supported 3,000+ businesses.

In 2014, Melissa's daughter Leyden died at four months old, after 99 nights in the hospital. A former teacher of ten years, Melissa rebuilt from the ground up and now gives grievers, and the people who love them, tools they can use the same day: how to reframe the statements that hurt, how to set boundaries, and how to respect that no two people grieve alike.

Melissa rejects the stages of grief and the toxic positivity that leaves people feeling more alone. The work reaches beyond death, to the empty nest, aging parents, divorce, infertility, and the loss of the life you envisioned.

Then there is the founder side. Melissa built a seven-figure business with zero ads, starting with just 1,000 followers, and brings the same no-fluff honesty (and a whiteboard) to the stage.

“If my daughter's story and my story can unlock your possibility, unlock some wonder, unlock a new level of radical responsibility that creates a new result in your life, it is truly an honor.”

MELISSA

GET SCAR TISSUE

Join me on November 18.

One hour. Free. Wear your coziest clothing and bring something that helps you feel supported. Cameras stay off, so pajamas are welcome.

November 18 · 4:15 PM Pacific · 1 hour