Supporting Children, Teens, and Families Through the Realities of Grief

At ABCs of Wellness, we believe grief is a human experience — one that affects every age, every family, every community. While much of our work supports adults and caregivers, we also offer accessible, developmentally sensitive programs for children and teens who are navigating loss.

Our approach is rooted in grief literacy, emotional regulation, and somatic tools, helping young people and their families build capacity, connection, and language around grief.

We are not a clinical mental health provider.
Instead, we focus on education, resilience tools, and community-based support that empower youth and the adults who care for them.

How We Support Youth & Families

Our youth and family offerings integrate grief education, somatic awareness practices, compassionate discussion, and age-appropriate emotional skills.

Youth Grief-Literacy Workshops

Live or virtual sessions for schools, community groups, and families to help children understand what grief is, what it feels like, and how to express it safely.

Teen Emotional-Regulation & Somatic Skills

Family Grief Education Sessions

Parent/caregiver workshops that teach adults how to support grieving children with language, presence, and regulation.

Short, embodied sessions that teach teens how to work with overwhelming feelings through grounding, breath awareness, and simple nervous system tools.

Community Partnerships

We partner with schools, nonprofits, and youth agencies to bring grief-literacy and emotional resilience programming to underserved or at-risk youth.

Youth Days at Luma Via™ (Retreat Offerings)

Nature-based grief education experiences for families or youth groups, integrating somatics, reflection, compassion, and creativity.

Our Approach

Children and teens need tools that are:

Simple

Safe

Somatic

Family-Focused

We believe the greatest healing happens when caregivers, teachers, and communities understand grief and respond with compassion.

We teach age-appropriate body-based tools that help kids notice, name, and regulate big internal sensations.

We do not push disclosure, diagnosis, or forced emotional expression. Youth choose their level of participation.

Grief can overwhelm young nervous systems. Our methods use clear language, familiar metaphors, and gentle grounding practices.

Our programs welcome:

  • Children ages 6–12

  • Teens ages 13–18

  • Families navigating death, divorce, illness, or major life transitions

  • Schools, homeschool groups, youth programs, and community organizations

  • Underserved youth who lack access to grief education


 Who We Serve

Programs are available:

In Northern California (Luma Via Retreat Sanctuary)

Virtually (nationwide)

Why Grief Literacy Matters for Youth

Studies show that children and teens who receive grief education and emotional-regulation tools experience:

  • Increased sense of safety

  • Improved communication with adults

  • Reduced isolation

  • Greater emotional resilience

  • Healthier long-term coping

When families learn together, entire communities become more grief-literate, compassionate, and connected.

Bring ABCs of Wellness to Your School or Community

Schools

We partner with:

Youth nonprofits

Youth camps

Grief organizations

Community centers

To bring youth grief-literacy workshops and family support programs to those who need them most.

If you’d like to bring a workshop, retreat, or youth session to your school or organization, please contact:

 abcsofwellnesscharity@gmail.com 

Mental health programs

Faith communities

Every child deserves to understand their feelings. Every family deserves tools for healing.

You can include images of your space, children holding nature objects (stock photos), or simple grief-education symbols.