Certified Grief Educator & Coach · Trained through David Kessler
Harper's mom. Grief educator. Here to help.
A soft place to land with your grief.
I'm Niki, a licensed teacher with a master's degree in education, a certified grief coach and a grieving mom who is passionate about helping others heal. Take what helps. Leave the rest.
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Trained to help. Lived it too.
Most people who teach about grief have studied it. I have studied it and lived it.
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Certified grief educator & coach
Teaching has always been part of who I am. I'm a licensed teacher with my master's in educational technology. Losing Harper led me to become a certified grief educator through David Kessler, one of the most respected voices on grief today. I put my whole heart and soul into every workbook, post and group.
Cancer family and parent of an angel daughter
I walked beside my daughter Harper through three years of cancer treatment. It was so hard on our whole family. We are still struggling and figuring it out, one day at a time. I have lived both kinds of grief: watching someone you love go through cancer, then losing her on October 31, 2025. I know the 2 a.m. kind of grief because I live it too.
Here for the whole family
I created The Ugly Cry Club. I lead the Mommas Group and helped start the Sibling Group. The workbooks grew out of our conversations. After losing Harper, I couldn't find anything that didn't rush me, fix me or tell me how to feel. So I made 20+ gentle workbooks and guides: for moms, dads, siblings, grandparents and little ones, for families going through cancer treatment and for the people who want to help. Plus 7 keepsake gifts and 4 products you can personalize.
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This is my passion. It helps me heal too.
Helping other families through the hardest days of their lives is how I carry my own grief. Every mom who leaves the Ugly Cry Club a little lighter, every workbook that lands in the right hands and every hard question I get to answer gives my heart somewhere to put its love.
I didn't choose this path. But walking it next to you is the most meaningful work I've ever done. It is part of my own healing.
With love, Niki
people have watched Harper's prom moment
Watch the videobereaved moms have found a place in our Twin Falls circle
Harper's number on the court. Every price in my shop ends in .55
gentle workbooks and guides for grieving families and cancer families
keepsake gifts, from memorial ornaments to cozy blankets
products you can personalize with a name and message
"There's nothing you have to do here. No timeline. No right way to grieve. Go slowly. The pages will wait for you." Niki
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