25 Prompts to
use with
Robin Today

“I don’t know what to do with myself now that they’re gone. Can I just spill the mess of it here?”

“Everyone keeps telling me to ‘be strong’ but I don’t know how to tell them I can’t.”

“Everyone thinks I’m strong, but I still cry in secret. Can I tell you what that looks like?”

“Why does their absence feel louder in the smallest, everyday moments?”

“Can I tell you about the guilt I carry for the things I said and the things I didn’t?”

“It feels like they died, but they’re still walking around out there. Can you sit with me in that ache?”

“Why am I grieving someone who’s still alive?”

“I keep replaying our last conversation in my head. Can I unpack that here?”

“I hate that I miss them and hate them at the same time. Is that grief too?”

“Can I vent about the memories that won’t let me move on?”

“I thought by now I’d be living a completely different life. Can I grieve the version of me that never happened?”

“How do I let go of the timeline I built in my head?”

“It feels like I failed at becoming the person I thought I’d be. Can I talk about that?”

“Can I tell you about the milestones I thought I’d hit by now, but haven’t?”

“I’m grieving dreams that never made it out of my journal. Can I tell you some of them?”

“Can you help me write a simple script for when I have to call companies about their accounts?”

“The word ‘estate’ feels too big for me. Can you help me shrink it into tasks I can manage?”

“What’s one small step I can take today toward handling their will?”

“I want to honor them, but I’m drowning in logistics. Can you help me balance both?”

“Can you give me words to say when family members keep pressuring me to ‘just get it done’?”

“Someone I love is in prison. It feels like a death, but nobody gets it. Can I talk about that?”

“I’m grieving the pet I lost, it feels silly to some, but it broke me. Can I talk about it here?”

“My friend group moved on without me. Is this grief too?”

“I’m grieving the city I left behind. Can I tell you what I miss most?”

“I feel like I lost my old self. Can I mourn the person I used to be?”