Grieving the Diagnosis

A steady path forward for those navigating the emotional weight of a loved one’s dementia

You don’t have to be strong all the time. You just need a map—and real support to walk it.

Grieving the Diagnosis is the foundational program I created to help you process the emotional weight of a loved one’s dementia diagnosis—without feeling like you have to carry it all alone.

Most resources focus on caregiving logistics.

But this?

This is for your emotional journey.

This program helps you:

  • Understand why this grief feels so confusing

  • Learn emotional tools to stay steady and present

  • Build a new relationship with your loved one—even as they change

  • Find connection with others who truly get it

It’s not about fixing what’s happening. It’s about finding your footing

in the middle of it.

Ready for real support?

Explore a complete program designed to help you feel more steady—

starting today.

You didn’t expect this.

To be grieving someone who is still physically here.

To be waking up every day carrying sadness, confusion, guilt, and love—all at once.

To be expected to "just deal with it" when your whole world is changing.

The pain of dementia is emotional, invisible, and often isolating. But you don’t have to carry it alone.

Grieving the Diagnosis is a self-paced course and support experience that gently guides you through the emotional terrain of dementia—

so you can feel more grounded, connected,

and supported.

I didn’t realize how much I needed emotional support until I read this. Liz put into words what I didn’t even know I was feeling. I finally felt seen." — GTD Member

You’ll begin to:

  • Build emotional resilience

  • Find words for the grief no one talks about

  • Reconnect with your loved one (and yourself) in a new, more grounded way

  • Join a community that truly understands.

Ready to start?
You’ll get the course, the support, and a community that gets it.

Grieving the Diagnosis: A Self-Guided Program with a Clear Map Forward

Inside the Program: What You’ll Learn and Practice

This isn’t just information—it’s emotional guidance, step by step.

Each audio-based module walks you through the emotions, grief, and

uncertainty of loving someone with dementia or Alzheimer’s.

You'll get clear explanations, reflective practices, and practical tools to help you:

  • Understand what’s happening and why it’s so emotionally disorienting

  • Name and process the grief of losing someone who’s still here

  • Build resilience without shutting down or numbing out

  • Strengthen your connection, even when words fade

  • Find steadiness in the chaos

What We’ll Explore Together
What We’ll Explore Together

Part 1: Finding Your Footing

Step 1: Welcome and Orientation — Start with clarity, warmth, and a sense of direction. You’ll be reminded that you are not alone in this.
Step 2: Understanding Your Unique Story — Reflect on your personal experience and explore the emotional complexity that dementia brings into your life.
Step 3: Building Resilience and Managing Stress — Learn practical strategies to steady your emotions, care for yourself, and prevent burnout.
Step 4: What Dementia and Alzheimer’s Really Are — Gain clear, compassionate knowledge about dementia and its stages, so you can navigate what’s ahead with more confidence.

Part 2: Navigating the Stages

Step 5: Mild Stage — Understand early changes and discover meaningful ways to stay emotionally and relationally connected.
Step 6: Middle Stage — Prepare for shifts in behavior and communication. Learn how to support your loved one while managing your own needs.
Step 7: Late Stage — Focus on presence, comfort, and honoring your connection—while also tending to your own emotional wellbeing.
Step 8: Process and Reflect — Pause to integrate everything you’ve learned. Acknowledge your growth and make space for your emotions.

Part 3: Making Peace with the Unknown

Step 9: Understanding Ambiguous Loss — Give language to the grief of losing someone who’s still physically here—and learn why this grief is valid and real.
Step 10: 6 Guidelines for Navigating Ambiguous Loss — Receive simple, supportive tools to help you feel less stuck and more connected.
Step 11: Reflect and Reground — Look back on your emotional journey. Recognize what’s shifted within you.
Step 12: Wrap-Up and What’s Next — End with clarity, encouragement, and a gentle plan for moving forward.

🟢 Each lesson is audio-based, easy to follow, and designed to meet

you where you are—

even on your hardest days.

On this journey, you'll learn how to:

  • Recognize and validate the full wave of emotions you're feeling

  • Build resilience without shutting down or going numb

  • Deepen emotional connection with your loved one—no matter the stage

  • Understand and navigate ambiguous loss

  • Use simple daily tools to stay grounded, even when life feels unpredictable

This space is for you if...

  • You’re overwhelmed by emotions you can’t quite name

  • You feel like you’re losing your footing

  • You’re tired of carrying it all on your own

  • You’re grieving someone who’s still here—but slipping away

  • You’re not the only one feeling this way—and you don’t have to figure it out alone.

"Throughout the course I learned about the progression of the disease and how to emotionally prepare for what I would be facing.  Most of all I learned about ambiguous loss and grief. I had no words for what I was feeling and I was overwhelmed with my emotions to the point where I just checked out. No one understood what I was going through because my mom was still alive." - GTD alum


"The grief felt too big to name. This program helped me understand what was happening and gave me tools to manage it in real time. I’m no longer bracing every day." — GTD Member

What’s Included in the Full Program

18 Gentle Audio Lessons
They will guide you through emotional overwhelm, grief, resilience, and reconnection.

Reflection Tasks
Gentle prompts and emotional guidance that help you process grief, find clarity, and stay grounded—even when the path feels uncertain.

Lifetime Access
You’ll receive access to the full course and any updates—come back to it anytime, especially on the hard days.

Flexible Access
There’s no timeline to follow, no grades, and no pressure. Move through this space at your own rhythm. Come back anytime you need support or clarity.

One-Time Course Investment

When you enroll, you’ll receive lifetime access to the full course—including all 18 audio lessons, reflection tools, and any future updates—so you can return to this support again and again, whenever you need it.

Course Price: $497 (one-time payment)

But Support Changes Everything. You can absolutely take the course on its own. But if you want the full transformation—if you want emotional shifts, real integration, and a place to feel truly seen—support makes all the difference.

Want to Feel Even More Supported?

You can add on support at checkout. Choose the level that works best for your life:

Every support plan includes:

  • Weekly live group support calls
  • A private members-only Facebook community
  • Email access to Liz for ongoing check-ins
“The live calls became the highlight of my week. I didn’t expect to feel this connected to others—especially not over Zoom. It felt like the only space where I could say how I really felt.”
— GTD Member

Support Plans at a Glance

Monthly Plan

✔️ Full support access—cancel anytime

$129/month

3-Month Plan

✔️ Locked-in rate for 3 months of support

$89.99/month

6-Month Plan (Best Value)

✔️ 6 months of full support at the lowest monthly cost

$49.99/month

All support plans offer the same depth of care—just choose the pace and commitment that works best for you.

Want to go Slower?

There’s also a 12-Month Dripped Version of the program. Same lessons. Same support. Delivered one step at a time.

This version delivers the course over 12 months instead of getting the full course at once.

If you know your heart needs space to absorb this at a gentler pace, this option offers steady guidance without the overwhelm.

Explore the 12-Month Version

Not Sure Where to Start?

You can begin with a free Reflection Call to see what support might feel right for you. There’s no pressure—just a space to talk it through.

Start with a Free Reflection Call

You don’t have to have it all figured out. You just have to begin.

This is deep emotional work—and you deserve steady, real support to meet you wherever you are.


Voices from the Community

Real reflections from people who found peace, perspective, and support in this space.

"I was an exhausted caregiver after taking care of my mom with dementia full-time for six years when I found Liz Brown. I was burnt out, not sleeping, in bad physical shape. I booked a free call, took a chance and signed up—and I am so glad I did!"

"This journey is a roller coaster ride that I would not wish on my worst enemy. However, thanks to Liz, I'm better equipped to take that ride. I am able to spend time with my mom and enjoy where she is—not where I want her to be. Thank you, Liz, from the bottom of my heart."

"I am happy to say with Liz and the support group's help, I've been able to find peace and I'm managing with grace. I also went back to my doctor for a three-month follow-up and she was shocked—my blood pressure was back to normal, and I was no longer filled with anxiety or short of breath. I can't thank Liz enough for all her hard work on developing this course and the support she's given to hundreds if not thousands of caregivers."

"My motivation for seeking out Grieving the Diagnosis is pretty simple. I was in a very bad place and didn’t know where to turn. I actually stumbled upon Liz’s site on Facebook (yeah, technology!)

I now have more patience with myself and with my husband. I try to take each day as it is spread out before me. I’m taking better care of myself physically—which has had a positive effect on my mental health. I’m mostly a social person and I’m back to smiling again. This journey sucks and always will, but I’m grateful to be part of Liz’s community."


If you’re ready to begin—or want to connect first—you’re invited to reflect and reach out.

If you’re ready to begin:

Enroll in the course + choose your

support path

If you’re still unsure:

Book a free 30-minute Mentor Alignment Call


We’ll gently explore what you’re carrying and what support might feel right—no pressure.



"I almost didn’t book the call. I told myself I could figure it out alone. But this was the first time someone truly understood what I was carrying. I’m so glad I said yes."- current member

Not Sure If You're Ready?

If you’re still feeling unsure, you don’t have to rush this decision.

You’re invited to begin with a gentle reflection using my pre-call form. Then, we can meet for a free 30-minute Mentor Alignment Call to explore what you’re carrying, what kind of support might help most, and whether this path feels right.

This will give you a moment to pause, name what you need, and ensure our time together is meaningful and supportive—never pressured.

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