Free Holiday Grief Survival Checklist: 5-Page Guide for the Holidays After a Loss

There is no right way to get through the holidays after a loss. Use what helps, skip the rest. This little guide is my free gift to you.

🕯️ WHAT IT IS

✔ A free 5-page printable guide for the holidays after losing someone you love

✔ Grounded in respected grief research, written in plain words you can read at 2 a.m.

💛 WHAT'S INSIDE

✔ Page 1: The checklist. Before the day, on the day, and after (including what to do when it hits all at once, and when the what-ifs get loud)

✔ Page 2: My holiday plan. Keep, change or skip; your safe person and signal; one way to include them; a note for the kids at the table

✔ Page 3: Words for the people around you. Gentle things to say (or text) to family, how to say no without explaining, plus a note for the people who love you

✔ Page 4: Why the holidays feel so heavy. What grief research says (Stroebe & Schut, Continuing Bonds, David Kessler, Dr. Alan Wolfelt), why all feelings belong, and when to reach out for more help

✔ Page 5: Made with their name. Personalized workbooks, journals, ornaments and prints from my shop

📄 SIZES AND FILES

✔ US Letter PDF (5 pages)

✔ A4 PDF (5 pages)

🖨️ HOW IT WORKS

✔ Tap "Get it free" and enter your email

✔ Download right away. Print at home, or read it on your phone

✔ Fill in only what helps. Blank lines are allowed

🌿 PERFECT FOR

✔ Anyone facing a first (or fifth) holiday without someone they love

✔ Grieving parents, siblings, grandparents and friends

✔ Sharing with a grief group or a friend who is struggling this season

📌 GOOD TO KNOW

✔ Digital download only: nothing ships

✔ Free for personal use. Grief groups, schools and counselors: message me about sharing it with your group

✔ All words and art are original to Harper's Heart Press

✔ A gentle companion that supports, and does not replace, professional care

✔ If you are in crisis, call or text 988 (U.S.) or your local emergency number

I'm Niki, Harper's mom and a certified grief educator. I made Harper's Heart Press after losing my daughter, Harper. Every price in my shop ends in .55, her volleyball and basketball number.

With love, Niki

Real tears. Real love.