Sunny Dawn Johnston has spent over 25 years walking people through loss, first as someone who has grieved deeply herself, and also as a medium who has stood on the other side of that veil, in direct communication with the loved ones we think we’ve lost. She’s seen grief from both sides, and what she’s learned doesn’t match what most of us were taught.

Somewhere along the way, most of us were handed the same script. Grief has five stages. You move through them in order. Eventually you reach acceptance, and then you’re done. But grief has never actually worked that way, not for Sunny, and probably not for you either.

It doesn’t move in a straight line. It doesn’t stay quiet just because it’s inconvenient, and it definitely doesn’t disappear on anyone else’s timeline.

In this free webinar, Sunny will walk you through the traditional stages of grief, the ones you’ve probably heard of, and then show you a different way to understand loss. One where the goal isn’t to move on or find closure, but to find a new relationship with the person you lost. One where the love doesn’t have to end just because the body did.

She’ll talk about why grief can hit you like a wave long after everyone else assumes you should be fine. Why some days feel lighter and others knock you flat, sometimes years later. And why the people who love us don’t actually leave us the way we’ve been taught to believe. You’ll hear real stories from her own life and from the many people she’s guided through their own losses, not theory, not a textbook, but what she has actually lived and witnessed.

Sunny will also speak to something she believes deeply. Grief is real, and it deserves to be felt fully, not skipped past or explained away. But staying stuck in it is not the same thing as honoring it. There’s a difference between the pain of loss, which is real and true and part of loving someone, and the suffering we sometimes build on top of it when we believe we have to carry it forever, alone, exactly the same way, with no end in sight. That second part is the piece you actually have some say over.

This will feel like sitting down with someone who has been exactly where you are. There will be space for questions, and space to just listen if that’s what you need. You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of why grief doesn’t move in a straight line, tools for staying connected to your loved one instead of letting go of them, and a reminder that feeling the pain of loss and staying stuck in suffering are not the same thing. You get to grieve fully and still find your way back to life.