What if forward
is finally possible?

Coaching for the woman who has stopped surviving — and is ready, quietly, to begin again.

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The grief no one prepares you for.

There is a season of grief that no one prepares you for. Not the first one — the second. The one where the world expects you to be "back to normal," and you can't remember what normal was.

This is the work I do. Coaching for widows who are functioning again, but quietly know that functioning isn't the same as living. If that's where you are, you're in the right place.

Where Am I in the Journey?

If you're here, I think we might know each other.

There's no clean line. But the women I work with tend to recognize themselves in something like this.

The hardest, sharpest months are behind you. You're functioning. But "fine" isn't the same as alive.
You've started catching yourself wondering who you are now — and the question doesn't terrify you anymore. It interests you.
You're tired of well-meaning advice from people who haven't lived it.
You don't want to be told to "get over it." You want to be helped to get on with it.

A note from Cindy · in her own words

The road I walked, twice.

My husband died on August 2, 2011, after a five-month battle with lung cancer. The first road I walked was the one most people picture when they hear the word "widow" — shock, paperwork, casseroles, the slow exhausting work of staying upright.

The second road came later. Years later. When my sons had grown and moved on with their lives. When the world had quietly moved on too. And I found myself, at fifty-something, asking a question I had no answer for: now what?

"I was too young for life to be over. But I had no map for what came next."

I went looking for one. I studied. I trained. I prayed. I talked to other widows who were ten and twenty years out and still felt stuck. And slowly — over years, not weeks — I built something I now help other women build for themselves.

Not a return to who you were. Not a denial of what you've lost. Something new, on purpose, that you can call yours.

— Cindy

Living Forward · Founder

Certified Grief Doula
Life Purpose Coach
Happiness Coach

Three doors. Walk through one.

Each of these begins with the same twenty-minute call — so you can hear my voice, ask whatever you need to, and feel out whether we're a fit. After that, the path is yours to choose.

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The Free 20-Minute Call

A real conversation, not a sales pitch. You tell me where you are; I tell you honestly whether I'm the right person to help. No follow-up unless you want one.

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One-to-One

The Living Forward Program

A guided coaching relationship for women ready to do the real work. We meet weekly or every other week, build a personalized rebuilding plan, and stay in touch between sessions.

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Small Group

Forward Together Circles

A small, private group of widows walking the same season together. Eight weeks. Six to eight women. The connection women describe afterward is something I can't manufacture one-to-one.

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Slow on purpose. Honest by design.

Coaching with me does not look like a 12-step program or a prescriptive plan. It looks like this:

First — the conversation

We meet for twenty minutes.

You tell me what's bringing you here. I listen. I ask a few questions. We decide, together, whether what I do is what you need right now. If it's not, I'll tell you — and I'll often know who is.

ii.

Then — the shape

We map something that fits your life.

Coaching cadence, focus areas, the rhythm that actually works around the rest of your life. Some women want weekly. Some twice a month. There is no one shape.

iii.

And then — the work

We begin.

Purpose. Identity. Joy. The small daily practices that rebuild a life. The bigger questions about what's next. We work at your pace, on your terms, with the steady accountability of someone who's walked this road before.

What we'll build, together.

Three threads that run through every season of work. Some come easier than others. None of them are optional.

Thread OneIdentity

Thread TwoPurpose

Thread ThreeJoy

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From the Journal

Notes from the road.

Honest writing on grief, identity, and what living forward actually looks like.

Reflections

What "Living With Grief" Actually Means

April 8, 2025

Reflections

Losing More Than Just Your Person

March 12, 2025

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From women I've walked with.

In their own words.

"It has been a blessing to have Cindy help me through this past year. She gives great skills along the way and always checks in. She is a gem."

— Shannon

"Cindy doesn't try to fix you. She sits with you, asks the right questions, and helps you find your own answers. That's rare."

— Client

"I came in not knowing what I needed. I left knowing who I wanted to become."