Two local business consultants have partnered to author a book on the pain of loss and the power of resilience.

Turning uncomfortable challenge into positive change is something these women know how to do, as they are experienced coaches, trainers, and consultants by profession and strive to make a difference in people’s lives, whether work or personal.

The perception that work IS personal is catching on, especially since the pandemic began in 2020. Lessons learned in grief and loss certainly roll over to handling failure in business, especially with entrepreneurs.

The book, co-created and written by businesswomen Holly Joy McIlwain and Amy Hooper Hanna, focuses on the evolution that can come from suffering, and the change that transpires from challenge.

With For She Who Grieves: Practical Wisdom for Living Hope, they advocate that in grief there is growth, and focus on grief as something that helps us grow wiser and more resilient in business and life. Here are ways to work with grief that have a positive impact. This is a book for people who want to bounce back, up, and over from deflation, and want to reclaim or regain their life and soul after significant loss. 

Included in the book are great lessons from entrepreneurs, where resilience is an inherent part of operating in risk, failure, and renewal.

Read Littsburgh Online Magazine's article about For Who She Grieves.

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Ask about "Grief in the Workplace," our workshop designed to empower, guide and fuel a mindset shift, in working with the impact of significant loss of any kind.

"Sharing insights and ideas to spark revelation and movement in others is what we do.”

For She Who Grieves: Practical Wisdom for Living Hope intricately weaves stories of grief, loss, and hope to raise awareness, consciousness, and connection.