Coaching for Grief and Loss

Finding Your Own Path into a Life That Has Changed


On the Bridge Between What Is No Longer and What May Come

A loss has shaken your world: the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or the shock of job loss. Suddenly, your familiar life is gone. You feel the weight of this loss bearing down on you. Perhaps you feel misunderstood in your grief? Some experience a sense of paralysis, haunted by fears and worries. And you might be wondering: Is this normal? Do others feel this way too?

A new chapter has begun, one you never chose. The transition isn’t easy. I’m here to support you in discovering how you want to—and can—navigate this new reality.

‘Walk on after Loss’ is for anyone who has experienced such a profound disruption in their life. And who is now struggling with how to move forward. Grief over what we’ve lost can leave us feeling powerless. Whether the loss happened weeks, months, or years ago doesn’t matter much.

But you are not at the mercy of it. You too can find your path into your changed life — at your own pace, in your own way, and in harmony with your beliefs. This path is yours alone.

Step by step, you will arrive in your changed life and shape it in your own way. It will be different than before, but you can also carry much forward with you — if you choose to.

I’m by your side as your coach. With empathy, presence, and deep respect for your individual path.

I’m Nina Kreutzfeldt, and I’ve been supporting people through significant life transitions for over 12 years. An unexpected personal loss led me to explore deeply how we can find our way back to ourselves after a devastating blow from life.

Through this journey, I’ve learned: it’s about discovering how we can cope with grief, with loss — so that we aren’t overwhelmed by them instead. It’s about figuring out how to integrate this unwanted new reality into our lives. Those who find their own answer to this gradually regain strength and direction to continue on their personal path—in a new way.

What helped me was this realization: the stories we tell ourselves about our lives have real power. Unfortunately, alongside the beautiful chapters, they sometimes contain painful ones too. Especially after a significant loss, these stories influence our wellbeing and how we see the future

What has happened, we cannot change. But we can decide how to interpret it within ourselves and integrate it into our life story. True to the motto ‘You decide about your Story,’ among other approaches, I therefore work with these stories in my coaching.

And maybe soon, you’ll share your story with me.

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How I accompany you on your journey through grief and loss

Everyone experiences grief differently. At the same time, after a significant loss, three key areas consistently emerge that occupy our minds — with varying emphasis. When it comes to the death of someone close to us, a fourth theme is added.

For Walk on after Loss, I’ve therefore developed a structure with four focus areas. In coaching, we start with whichever one is most important to you right now. Because that’s where the key to the greatest change lies.

Even with this structure, every coaching journey remains deeply individual—as unique as you are and as your loss. You can rely on this.

This is what I offer you:

  • A combination of clear structure & individual support.
  • Personal sessions in Hamburg or online via Zoom — with time and space to breathe.
  • Room for your emotions, because they belong here.

Understanding your story so far

In the first step, we take time to understand what has happened, what role you played in it, and who you are now in your ‘new reality.’

Writing the next chapter of your story

After that, it becomes possible to continue writing your story. Gradually, you’ll feel your strength returning and recognize the resources that are now available to you.

You can trust in that

Things will get better. Even if you can’t imagine it right now. You can — and will — help yourself through this. I’m happy to accompany you ‘across the bridge,’ on your journey into your transformed life.

The next step

Wondering whether I’m the right person to walk alongside you and what might help most at the beginning? Here are two gentle ways to start:

Please choose the path that feels right to you right now!

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Four focus areas

Every person and every loss is unique. What’s central for one person in coaching might not matter much to another.

The “Bridge Compass” questionnaire and our getting-to-know-you conversation help us find the right starting point. We can adjust the focus at any time.

Here you can see the four focus areas.

Click on heading of each (I to IV) to learn more!

I. What happened?
  • What exactly happened?
  • How did I feel in that moment?
  • What meaning do I give to the experience?
  • How do I integrate it into my life story?
II. Who am I now?
  • How has my identity changed?
  • What new aspects have emerged within me?
  • How do I feel about my ‘new self’?
  • How do I grow into this new identity?
III. How do I get out of powerlessness?
  • How can trust begin to grow again?
  • What can I influence — and what needs to be accepted?
  • What new strengths am I discovering in myself?
IV. If loss through death: How can I keep our connection alive?
  • How can I grieve and still live actively at the same time?
  • What rituals bring me comfort and grounding?
  • What do I want to carry forward from him/her?

‘You decide about your story’ – what’s behind this approach?

My approach draws on the power of stories, among other things. Whether shared aloud or written down, narrative methods can bring about profound transformation in coaching.

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” (Joan Didion, author of “The Year of Magical Thinking”)

Questions & Answers

If your question isn’t included, please feel free to write to me directly!

My offering is designed for anyone who has experienced a significant loss. Whether you have lost a loved one through death or separation, your job has been taken from you through termination or bankruptcy, you can no longer do something that was meaningful to you due to health reasons or other circumstances, or, or, or …

What matters is that you are grieving someone or something, that there is a gap in your life, and you feel that this is affecting you: you are suffering from grief, your life has been thrown off balance, and you wish that it could somehow become “easier” to cope with this new reality.

There is a fluid transition between “Walk on after Loss” and my general coaching services. The key difference is that with “Walk on after Loss,” the loss and its impact on your life are the starting point. There is especially generous space for grief.

Through my own life story and my work with people who have also suffered significant losses, I can deeply understand what you might be going through right now. This forms an important foundation for our work together.

I accompany you with a clear coaching attitude, always meeting you at eye level. When appropriate, we certainly use “regular” coaching tools in our work together. Traditional grief counseling can also be very valuable – the transition between it and grief coaching is fluid.

What’s important to me in my work with clients is to strengthen and empower them, helping them find their own individual and authentic way of dealing with their loss and moving forward with their lives.

My coaching services are solution-focused support for mentally healthy people during challenging life phases.

It is neither psychotherapy nor medical treatment and cannot replace either. If you are experiencing psychological distress that requires therapeutic treatment, I strongly recommend that you consult a physician or licensed psychotherapist.

It’s often helpful to begin coaching when the loss is already a few weeks or months behind you – especially when you find you can’t or don’t want to just “carry on as usual,” even if those around you might not fully understand your way of grieving.

There’s no such thing as “too long ago”! Even after years or decades, a loss can still hurt so deeply or hurt again, so that it’s important to find a healthy way to navigate it. The free, personal preliminary conversation also provides space to discuss whether the timing feels right for you.

Would you like to talk?

I’d love to invite you to a free, personal conversation where we can get to know each other and explore how I can support you.

You can easily choose a time that suits you in my online calendar:

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