For the Women Who Hold Everyone Else Together
The Grief Reset is a faith-rooted Social Emotional Learning book by Dr. Marilyn Pendelton for women, ministries, schools, and communities ready to name grief, heal honestly, and stop carrying pain in silence.
A faith-rooted grief and SEL framework for women, ministries, educators, counselors, and communities ready to name what they’ve been carrying.
What You’ll Learn Inside The Grief Reset
This book gives readers language for grief that is often ignored, minimized, or carried in silence. It connects faith, Social Emotional Learning, and practical reflection so individuals and communities can begin healing with honesty and care.
Name grief beyond death
Learn how grief can come from loss, change, trauma, disappointment, transition, broken trust, church hurt, family pain, and emotional exhaustion.
01Understand the emotional cost of silence
Explore what happens when people keep serving, leading, working, and caring for others while ignoring their own pain.
02Recognize church hurt without losing faith
Create room to tell the truth about painful church experiences while still honoring faith, healing, and spiritual growth.
03Use SEL language for healing conversations
Learn how Social Emotional Learning can help families, schools, churches, and communities talk about grief in healthier ways.
04Build healthier circles of care
Discover how sister-circles, ministries, schools, counseling spaces, and community groups can support reflection and restoration.
05Who This Book Is For
The Grief Reset is for people and communities who need better language for grief, healing, and emotional wellness.
Why This Book Matters Now
Many people are grieving more than death. They are grieving change, disappointment, broken trust, lost relationships, church wounds, family pain, transitions, burnout, and the pressure to keep going. Too often, they are expected to serve, lead, teach, parent, and care for others without naming what they are carrying.
The Grief Reset helps readers slow down, tell the truth, and begin healing with language that is practical, faith-rooted, and emotionally honest.
Get the Free Reflection Guide“The church is supposed to be a hospital. It’s also supposed to be a school.”
— Pastor James Scott Jr., a recurring anchor in the book
— Dr. Marilyn Pendelton
Get the Free Reflection Guide
“What Are You Still Carrying?” is a private reflection guide for anyone ready to name grief, loss, change, church hurt, emotional exhaustion, or unspoken pain.
- Name what you may still be carrying
- Reflect on grief beyond death
- Recognize the emotional cost of silence
- Begin connecting faith, healing, and emotional wellness
- Take one gentle next step toward restoration
Invite Dr. Pendelton to Speak
Dr. Marilyn Pendelton speaks to churches, schools, women’s groups, educators, counselors, faith leaders, and community organizations about grief beyond death, Social Emotional Learning, emotional wellness, and healing-centered conversations.
Invite Dr. Pendelton to SpeakWhat sisters and leaders are saying.
Dr. Pendelton named things I've carried for thirty years and never said out loud.
This is the kind of language our women, families, and young people have needed for a long time.
Warm, practical, and culturally aware. I can see this opening safer conversations in schools and faith communities.
Be part of a more honest conversation about grief and healing.
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