Grief in Good Hands is Now Happening Outside

Walking Groups
We have expanded our offering of ongoing Walking Grief Groups in 2026! Think: gentle strolls, grounding moments, thoughtful readings, and zero pressure to have it all figured out. Come as you are. Talk if you want. Be quiet if you need. We've got space for all of it.
Check schedules and sign up HERE.
Wilderness Retreats
These immersive multi-day trips help you get back in step with the slower, natural rhythms of the wild, providing the time and terrain necessary to attend to the honest voice of your loss and your life.
Our first wilderness retreats launch in 2026 in the Pacific Northwest. Sign up below to be notified when registration opens.

Workshops
Focused sessions combining pragmatic grief tools with the healing power of the outdoors.
Mark your calendars for these upcoming workshops in 2026!
The Grounded Outdoor Team
Welcome. We'd Rather Be Outside With You.
Our team brings experience in grief therapy, wilderness leadership, and nature-based healing. We believe that some of the most profound healing happens when we get outside.
Why Take Grief Outside?
Because nature doesn’t ask us to be okay. In the wild, there’s no pressure to smile or move forward. Nature meets us exactly where we are.
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Move the Energy: Grief lives in the body. Walking helps move it through our systems.
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Perspective Shift: Standing among old-growth trees doesn't make our pain smaller, but it reminds us that we are part of a vast, enduring, and shared experience.
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Lower the Pressure: It’s often easier to share while walking side-by-side. Forward motion does the heavy lifting.
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Total Presence: It’s hard to live in our heads when we’re navigating a trail or feeling the wind on our faces. Nature pulls us out of stuck moments and back into the present.


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Wilderness Retreats
Sometimes grief needs more than an hour.
Sometimes we need to unplug from the noise of daily life to hear what our grief is trying to tell us. Our multi-day retreats offer rest, ritual, and days immersed in nature—not just hours.
What to expect:
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Guided grief work with our clinical team
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Ritual, movement, and creative expression
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Community with others navigating loss
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Time immersed in nature
Why wilderness?
The woods don’t have expectations. A mountain lake doesn’t care if we’re productive or if we’ve been crying for three miles. Nature reminds us that cycles of loss and regrowth are everywhere. In the wild, there's no pressure to be anywhere other than exactly where we are in our grief.
Whether we're months into our grief or years, these retreats offer room to rest, reflect, and reconnect—with ourselves, with others, and with some beautiful terrain beneath our feet.
Join our mailing list for retreat dates, location reveals, and early access to registration.







