The Widow's Renewal Journey™
A Holistic Healing & Grief Integration Program for Women Navigating Life After Loss
Begin Your Journey
Meet Your Guide
Deanna Byrne
My name is Deanna Byrne, and everything I teach, guide, and hold inside this program was born from the fire of my own grief.
In 2020, my husband died suddenly from a brain aneurysm — no warning, no preparation, just a brutal rupture that tore the center out of my life. And then, as if grief itself wasn't enough, the world shut down. Overnight, I was forced to grieve in isolation. No community. No support. No soft spaces to collapse into. Just me, my silence, and the reality that nothing would ever be the same.
Grief cracked me open, not gently, but violently. And in that darkness, something inside me refused to stay broken. I dove head-first into grief coaching accreditation, art therapy, and deeper studies into psychological functioning to understand the way the human brain protects itself in trauma.
2023: Transient Global Amnesia
I experienced an episode of Transient Global Amnesia, a sudden neurological event where the brain shuts down access to memory to protect itself from overwhelming emotional and physiological stress. It felt like my mind had been wiped clean, a reset button I never asked for, but one my body desperately needed. Looking back, it was my nervous system's attempt to guard me from years of unresolved trauma layered on top of devastating grief.
2025: Dorsal Vagal Collapse
I was diagnosed with dorsal vagal collapse, a state where the nervous system becomes so overloaded that it drops into shutdown mode. This is not emotional weakness; this is a physiological survival response. Dorsal vagal collapse happens when the vagus nerve; the core regulator of safety, connection, and emotional processing, becomes overwhelmed and moves into a freeze state. The body numbs, the mind disconnects, energy drains, and the spirit feels locked inside itself.
That diagnosis is what shifted everything.
I increased my training again, this time diving into:
Vagal nerve work
Polyvagal theory applications
Nervous system recovery techniques
Somatic trauma release
Accreditation in expanded somatic therapy
I didn't just study these modalities, I lived them. I used them. I healed through them. And I now teach them with the fierce compassion of someone who knows the path from collapse back to life.
During this time, my voice began reaching thousands of women around the world. My platforms grew, not because I was trying to be seen, but because women were desperate for honesty, truth, guidance, and a grief coach who has walked through the fire herself. Today, I have helped thousands of widows and grieving women worldwide, offering trauma-informed emotional support, nervous system grounding, and holistic healing resources to women who refuse to heal alone.
The Widow's Renewal Journey™ is not something I created, it is something I became. And now, it is my honour to walk beside women who feel like their world has shattered and show them that their breath, their body, their wisdom, and their life can rise again.
The Program
The Widow's Renewal Journey™
A Holistic Healing & Grief Integration Program for Women Navigating Life After Loss
Grief is not linear. It does not move on command, and it does not respond to timelines, expectations, or the pressure to "be strong." It arrives in waves, emotional, physical, spiritual and shakes the foundation of everything you once knew. The Widow's Renewal Journey™ is designed to hold you through that shaking and gently guide you into a place where breath returns to the body, clarity begins to rise, and your spirit remembers its strength.
Created by Deanna Byrne, internationally accredited life coach, grief guide, NLP practitioner, certified hypnotherapist, somatic trauma-release facilitator, accredited midlife coach, and holistic menopause mentor, this program blends evidence-informed methodologies with deep spiritual and emotional support. This is not about "moving on." This is about learning to live again, anchored in truth, compassion, and the wisdom of your healing.
Program Purpose
To support widows in navigating the layered emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual impacts of losing a spouse or partner and to gently rebuild the parts of self that grief has fractured. The focus is on nervous system regulation, emotional integration, identity reconstruction, and rediscovering the connection to life, meaning, and self.
The Four Pillars of the Widow's Renewal Journey™
Emotional Grounding & Nervous System Recovery
Your body holds grief long after the world expects you to be "okay." You will learn to:
  • Regulate emotional overwhelm
  • Support the body through somatic trauma release practices
  • Reset the vagus nerve using breathwork, sound healing, and grounding techniques
  • Create rituals for emotional safety and stability
  • Understand emotional waves without collapsing into them
Modalities integrated: Somatic Renewal Therapy™, holistic vagal nerve reset, nervous system regulation, guided emotional release, breathwork, body scanning, trauma-informed coaching.
Subconscious Healing & Identity Reconstruction
Loss rewrites identity. The subconscious mind often becomes trapped in loops of guilt, fear, and attachment to the life before loss. You will learn to:
  • Rebuild inner identity and clarity
  • Release subconscious blocks that sabotage healing
  • Access deep relaxation through hypnotherapy
  • Rewrite limiting internal narratives using NLP and cognitive reframing
  • Reconnect to intuition, inner wisdom, and the self beneath the grief
Modalities integrated: NLP, hypnotherapy, cognitive reframing, subconscious re-patterning, inner-child healing, meditative recovery.
Midlife Body Support & Holistic Wellness Restoration
Grief impacts hormones, sleep, inflammation, appetite, and emotional regulation. Many widows in midlife experience compounded grief through perimenopause or menopause. You will receive holistic support around:
  • Hormonal changes during grief
  • Nutritional wellness and nervous-system calming foods
  • Breathwork for cortisol regulation
  • Sleep, fatigue, brain fog, and emotional dysregulation
  • Daily rituals to soothe the heart, balance the body, and restore stability
Modalities integrated: Holistic hormonal and nutritional support, grief-informed wellness strategies, breathwork for cortisol reset, energy balancing.
Spiritual Integration & Reconnection to Purpose
Spiritual awakening often rises during profound loss sometimes in confusion, sometimes in clarity. You will explore:
  • Soul-level understanding of grief and energetic exhaustion
  • Rebuilding meaning and purpose
  • Spiritual connection, intuition, and inner guidance
  • Gentle ceremonial rituals, grounding practices, meditation
  • Reconnecting with your personal truth without bypassing emotional reality
Modalities integrated: energy medicine, intuitive processing, spiritual grounding, meditation, ritual healing, oracle integration (optional).
What You Can Expect to Receive
  • Weekly private 1:1 sessions (somatic, subconscious, or integrative based on your needs)
  • Tailored grief support in mind-body-spirit alignment
  • Weekly grounding practices and emotional regulation techniques
  • Guided hypnotherapy sessions for release and reconstruction
  • Nervous system reset practices and daily self-support rituals
  • Holistic midlife and hormonal support for widows navigating physical changes
  • Customized journal prompts, reflection sheets, and breathwork practices
  • Access to curated meditations for sleep, grounding, and restoration
  • Gentle, compassionate community support (optional circles for connection)
Who This Program Is For
This is intentionally designed for widows who are:
Feeling emotionally overwhelmed, numb, or stuck in cycles of grief
Struggling to navigate identity, purpose, or direction
Experiencing physical symptoms of grief and midlife changes
Seeking holistic, grounded, evidence-informed support
Wanting a safe space to share without judgment
Ready to gently rebuild life in a meaningful, trauma-informed way

Tone of the Program
This is not clinical. This is not spiritual bypassing. This is not "just talk therapy." This is a deeply held sanctuary for women who need softness, safety, truth, and guidance.
The Promise of The Widow's Renewal Journey™
Not to erase the grief. Not to silence the love. But to help you return to yourself, to your breath, your body, your wisdom, your life, with grace, strength, and the quiet knowing that your healing belongs to you.
Pricing & Program Options
Initial Intake & Somatic Grief Mapping Session
$210
90 minutes
This session includes:
  • Full emotional + somatic assessment
  • Nervous system mapping
  • Breathwork + grounding introduction
  • Trauma-informed grief history
  • Ritual opening + holistic direction setting
  • Personalized healing roadmap
This session builds the foundation for all additional work.
Package Options
Each package includes:
  • Tailored grief coaching
  • Somatic Renewal Therapy™
  • Breathwork + vagal nerve reset
  • NLP subconscious re-patterning
  • Hypnotherapy integration sessions
  • Access to guided meditations + emotional regulation tools
  • Personalized rituals + journaling prompts
  • Support between sessions (email/voice notes depending on package)
4-Week Renewal Reset
4 weekly sessions (60 minutes each)
$475
Perfect for widows who need structure, emotional grounding, and immediate support during heavy waves of grief.
Includes:
  • Weekly grounding + emotional regulation tools
  • Personalized breathwork practices
  • One customized hypnotherapy session
  • Ritual-based healing (candle work, affirmation anchoring, grounding ceremonies)
  • Weekly check-ins via email
8-Week Rebuilding Through Grief
8 weekly sessions (60 minutes each)
$920
This is deeper, more structured work for women who want a blend of somatic, subconscious, and energetic healing while rebuilding identity.
Includes:
  • NLP + subconscious rewiring tools
  • Two hypnotherapy sessions
  • Somatic grief release practices
  • Midlife hormonal + emotional wellness integration
  • Weekly email support
  • Access to curated meditations for grounding + sleep
  • Personalized grief rituals per week
12-Week Transformational Widow Healing Journey
12 weekly sessions (60 minutes each)
$1,375
This is the signature, full-spectrum healing container designed to fully support widows through emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual reconstruction.
Includes:
  • Full somatic grief release program
  • Three deep hypnotherapy sessions (identity rebuilding, guilt release, future self anchoring)
  • Breathwork sequencing for cortisol + nervous system regulation
  • Midlife body + intuitive hormonal support
  • Trauma-informed spiritual integration
  • Ritual design + personal ceremonies for each milestone
  • Weekly voice-note support (Mon–Fri)
  • Personalized meditation playlist
  • End-of-program closing ceremony session
Optional Add-Ons
60-minute Somatic Renewal Therapy™ booster session — $125
90-minute session — $165
Emergency emotional support session (45 minutes) — $95
Grief hypnosis recording personalized to client — $85
Holistic hormonal support session — $125
Ready to begin your journey? Reach out today to schedule your Initial Intake & Somatic Grief Mapping Session.