Top 60 Grief Influencers in 2026

1. Whitney Lyn Allen

Bio Putting words to grief🖊
Grief support that empowers you to build a beautiful life after loss ♡
My new book, my widow's retreat, and other offers ↓ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @whitneylynallen Instagram Followers 241.9K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact Request upto top 1,000 Grief Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Amar Atma Singh

Bio Founder/CEO Institute for Compassionate Grieving
Supporting you on your grief journey
@harvarddivinity ‘26
Classes • Retreats • Speaking
Info👇🏾 *****@amaratmacoaching.com Instagram Handle @amaratmacoaching Instagram Followers 240.4K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. Jameson Arasi

Bio Writer | Speaker
Grief, Mental Health & Wellness
📧 *****@jamesonarasi.com
⬇️ MAYBE THIS WILL HELP…📓 Instagram Handle @jamesonarasi Instagram Followers 194.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

4. Alayna

Bio 🌻 NJ Gardener | Zone 6b
🐾 Normalizing Pet Loss Grief
💫 Certified Aromatherapist & Reiki Practitioner *****@njit.edu Instagram Handle @standing.pine.acres Instagram Followers 168.7K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. Megan Devine

Bio * psychotherapist * author * human
It's OK that You're Not OK - srsly. No one is ok right now.
study/speak/learn/write/hire ⬇️ *****@refugeingrief.com Instagram Handle @refugeingrief Instagram Followers 164.2K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Sally Douglas & Imogen Carn

Bio Honest grief support to help you rebuild life after loss ❤️
By @sallydouglasgrief & @healwithim
1M+ downloads | Support via Patreon ⬇️ *****@goodmourning.comau Instagram Handle @goodmourningpodcast Instagram Followers 161.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. David Kessler

Bio Author of 7 books on grief, including books with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and Louise Hay. Founder of Grief.com and founding member of Project Angel Food. *****@grief.com Instagram Handle @iamdavidkessler Instagram Followers 156K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

8. Kait Granger

Bio writer, griever, & creator of Lets Not Rot
collabs💌: *****@kaitgrange.com Instagram Handle @kait.grange Instagram Followers 120.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Michelle Baumgard

Bio 💪 From Struggle to Strength
Re-Married Widow| Mom| Coach|Adventurer
Helping women heal, move & grow 💙
⚡ Strength | Mobility | Somatic Healing | Travel *****@my1fitlife.com Instagram Handle @michellebaumgard_1fw Instagram Followers 96.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Rio Richards

Bio Making sense of soul-shifting grief in a world that wants it to be tidy and quick. Always w/ nuance, sometimes w/ humor.
Take the Grief Pattern Quiz👇🏽 Instagram Handle @andthatsgrief Instagram Followers 92.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +28% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Marie-Claude Goudreau

Bio Certified Death & Grief Doula
• Supporting mourners since 2020
• Accepting new 1:1 clients👉🏻all losses
• Mentorship sessions for grief practitioners👇🏻 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @empowered_through_grief Instagram Followers 92.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Sara Rian

Bio [pr. like “ryan”]
🌗therapist by day | instapoet by night
📍metro detroit
↓ books & things ↓ Instagram Handle @sara_rian_books Instagram Followers 90.5K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Mara June

Bio 𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠 🪄🌹
𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐, 𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔, + 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔✨
EASING THE PASSAGE BEGINS 5/6 Instagram Handle @motherwortandrose Instagram Followers 80.8K Type Micro Get Email Contact

14. Natasha Smith

Bio 🤲🏽 Helping you find hope in grief.
🗣️ Grief Educator | Pastoral Counselor | 2x Author
🎙️ Host @canyoujustsitwithmepod
🌱 Founder @griefgrowsheresummit *****@lovelyyoublog.com Instagram Handle @imnatashasmith Instagram Followers 66K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. Moira Khan

Bio 💜Supporting individuals in grief & loss
❤️‍🩹 Start healing today - FREE 30 min support session
🗓️ FREE Grief Tip Calendar ⬇️ *****@griefspan.com Instagram Handle @griefspaneducation Instagram Followers 64.6K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Kayleigh O’Connor

Bio Rebuild after parent loss ✨
From anxiety, overwhelm, relationship anxiety → feeling safe + confident
Programs + Holistic Grief Coach Certification ↓ *****@good-grief.co.uk Instagram Handle @goodgrief_uk Instagram Followers 64.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Mira Simone

Bio 🤍 Widow, Mama, Occupational Therapist
🌿 Open-hearted conversations about grief
✨ The See You, Sister Community Founder
🫶 September Widows Retreat ↓ *****@newmoonmira.com Instagram Handle @newmoonmira Instagram Followers 62.8K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Phil Cohen

More images Bio A structured path through grief.
Live coaching. Real, Science-backed tools. Intimate group setting.
👇Apply to work with me 👇 *****@hirephilcohen.com Instagram Handle @philthegriefguy Instagram Followers 61.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Male Social FacebookInstagramYouTube Get Email

19. Alexa

Bio 💛 Making grief feel less lonely
🫧healing cause my dad died
📍 Utah | sharing all things happy&sad !
🧢 dead dad club hat + more ↓ *****@griefshine.com Instagram Handle @griefshine Instagram Followers 51.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Claire Bidwell Smith

Bio Grief Therapist & Bestselling Author | Creator of Conscious Grieving + Anxious Grieving
Seen on NYT, NPR, CNN, Oprah, Goop
Co-founder of @elegy *****@clairebidwellsmith.com Instagram Handle @clairebidwellsmith Instagram Followers 39K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Jessica Foley

Bio 💜 Widowed while pregnant
📝 Grief, mental health, living loud
🏃‍♀️ 13.1 x 3 ; 1st backyard ultra Aug 2026
💪 My words, my story Instagram Handle @grief.unravelled Instagram Followers 33.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. Lotte Bowser

Bio 📖 Author, writer, ghost writer & grief educator
🍋 Making lemonade after partner & parent loss
🫱🏻‍🫲🏾 Founder, The Grief School
📍 Lisbon *****@lottebowser.com Instagram Handle @lottebowser Instagram Followers 30K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Vasiliki Vanessa Azelis

Bio Helping you move from 🚨Survival → Safety😌
Nervous System Regulation + Grief Support
You’re not broken 🤍 Isaiah 53:5
↓ Start your healing here *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @yourgratefulguide Instagram Followers 29.8K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Tara Accardo

Bio 🫶🏼 Helping you get your spark back after losing a parent
✨ Your safe space to grieve + grow
❤️‍🩹 1:1 guided grief support
🎙️ @lifewithgriefpodcast *****@lossesbecomegains.com Instagram Handle @lossesbecomegains Instagram Followers 26.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +19% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Shauna Dukes

Bio Holistic Grief Academy🖤
Not Your Average Grief Podcast Host🎙️
Wife | Mother | Author | Sober | Child Loss | Lover of Life🤍
Click to connect👇🏼 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mrsshaunadukes Instagram Followers 24.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Randi Pearlman Wolfson

Bio Grief & Grits™ Grief educator/author/Children’s and Adult grief.
Please share the teardrop in your heart and I will hold your heart, in mine. Instagram Handle @griefandgrits Instagram Followers 23.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Jessica Correnti

Bio Helping you support grieving kids
Author of The ABCs of Grief® series & Forever Connected, Certified Child Life Specialist
30FREE Grief Activities ⬇️ *****@kidsgriefsupport.com Instagram Handle @kidsgriefsupport Instagram Followers 20.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +33% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Demi Maslowski

Bio Healing out loud. Trusting my calling, and letting my story be used for His Glory. 📍Nashville
🤍 Instagram Handle @demimaslowski Instagram Followers 19.9K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Cole Imperi

Bio Founder @schoolofamericanthanatology Author:A Guide to Grief & Grief is the Way Home (Penguin 2027). Hummingbirds + Horticulture @thehuntingtonlibrary *****@imperi.co Instagram Handle @imperi Instagram Followers 19.8K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Lisa Appelo

Bio • declaring Biblical hope in grief
• widow to Dan + solo mom to 7
• speaker + author
📚GOD OF COMFORT (June 2026) + LIFE CAN BE GOOD AGAIN *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @lisaappelo Instagram Followers 17.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female lisaappelo.com/blog + Follow Get Email Contact

31. Lisa McCarty

Bio Writer + journalist
Health + wellness
✍️ @nytimes @washingtonpost @nymag @time @latimes @todayshow @huffpost @oprahdaily @slate
📖Working on a book. Instagram Handle @lbmccarty717 Instagram Followers 16.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Ursula Barboza

Bio ❤️‍🩹Acompaño duelo y trauma con experiencia, amor y respeto
✨Sesiones | Talleres | Comunidad
🦋Fundadora @asociacionthaniyay *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @ursulabarbozav Instagram Followers 15.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Chelsey Romano

Bio Mama to 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐨𝐱 👼 & 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 🍀
Small Biz Owner:
@thinkplaymagic 🌈 + @maddsocialteam 📲
Probs working out in my Vans 🏁
Grief • Gains • Dreams ✨ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @chellersgetsfit Instagram Followers 12.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Janelle Brunton-Rennie

Bio ♡ cancer widow from NZ
♡ sharing insights on grief & loss
♡ living better, loving deeper & cultivating happiness in this one precious life we have x *****@janellebruntonrennie.com Instagram Handle @janellebruntonrennie Instagram Followers 10K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

35. Dr. Loree A. Johnson

Bio 25 yrs clinical experience. 4 losses (1 TFMR). I know both sides.
EMDR · Pregnancy Loss · PAL · Grief
🔗 Free Fertility Self-Care & Grief Guides ↓ *****@drloreejohnson.com Instagram Handle @drloreejohnson Instagram Followers 9.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Shelby Forsythia

Bio 🌻 Helpful tools + hopeful words for life after loss
🎙️ Grief Grower
📖 Of Course I’m Here Right Now
👇🏻 Free support + Life After Loss Academy ($33/mo) *****@shelbyforsythia.com Instagram Handle @shelbyforsythia Instagram Followers 8.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +27% Type Nano Gender Female shelbyforsythia.com/grief-se.. + Follow Get Email Contact

37. Lauren Flake

Bio Grief support for motherless mothers
🎨 Artist ✍🏻 Author 💠 Alzheimer's daughter
Founder: @daughtersofdementia
📚 Children's books and devotional ⬇️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @loveofdixie Instagram Followers 4.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

38. Erica Zaldivar

Bio Humanistic therapist walking beside people exploring life, love, relationships, grief and trauma. I hope this is a safe place for you 🌊⛅️🌈☀️🌏✨🌻❤️ *****@ericazaldivar.com Instagram Handle @ericazlmft Instagram Followers 4.5K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

39. Jane Edberg

Bio ART & CREATIVITY
Professor of Art
Writing Coach
Author of The Fine Art of Grieving
Art Editor - The Journal of Radical Wonder *****@janeedberg.com Instagram Handle @thefineartofgrieving Instagram Followers 4.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. Charlene Lam

Bio I help grievers with physical & emotional stuff.
💖 Grief Coach, Author, TEDx speaker
🖼 The Grief Gallery l Sorting Stuff course
👇 Free Grief Gathering *****@charlenelam.com Instagram Handle @curating_grief Instagram Followers 3.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

41. Kristy Sue

Bio 🖤Grief Support for when life
doesn’t make sense anymore
Death • identity loss • “the other grief”
📍Detroit, MI 👨🏼‍💻Remote
💋Start here ↓ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @death_priestess Instagram Followers 3K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

42. Jason Mckay Clawson & Kirsten Stromberg Clawson

Bio Support for grievers after deep loss
Work with us: Grief course + tools
Therapist + Grief Coach | 100K+ helped | Featured globally
👇 FREE grief guide Instagram Handle @lightaftergrief Instagram Followers 117.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Get Email Contact

43. Anna Lyons

Bio End of life doula & grief support. Open for new clients. *****@me.com Instagram Handle @lifedeathwhat Instagram Followers 89.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

44. Michaela L. Hudson

Bio DeputyCoroner| LFDE App | Former Hooper 🏀
Grief Counselor•GA Life Insurance Agent
M.S CMHC-Mercer Univ🐻
Helping people navigate life loss& legacy🤍 *****@ggriefwithmichaela.org Instagram Handle @chaehudson Instagram Followers 10.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

45. Shea Wingate

Bio Tangible help, support & validation ✨
Licensed Therapist & Grief Coach🦋
Parents & sibling loss survivor 💫
Let's Connect! 👇🏻 *****@thegriefgirlie.com Instagram Handle @thegriefgirlie Instagram Followers 10.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

46. Dr. Julie Shaw

Bio Executive Coach | Leadership & Grief
Motherhood • Transitions • Loss • Death
Grief Educator
Speaker | Facilitator | Former Athlete
Say Hello in 5 *****@helloimgrieving.com Instagram Handle @helloimgrieving Instagram Followers 8.6K Type Nano Gender Female podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s.. + Follow Get Email Contact

47. Jennifer Morrow

Bio I post grief & life after loss tips to help you heal & thrive after the death of your baby👼🏼👼🏼🌈👼🏼🌈
START HERE👇🏻 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jennifer_morrow_ Instagram Followers 7.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

48. Danielle DesRosier

Bio Just a therapist working from one grieving heart to another 🤍 @coastal.minds.counseling @glovesforgrief Instagram Handle @littleorphandani Instagram Followers 6.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

49. Andrea A. Moore

Bio A safe space for the forgotten grievers.
•Certified Life & Grief Coach
•Bereaved Sibling Advocate
•Life after Loss Specialist
•Grief influencer *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @fromgrieftogrind Instagram Followers 5.6K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

50. Britany Rivera

Bio Young Widow Coach-> Widowed at 31 💔
Post Traumatic Growth Mentor
Author of "There Are No Rules"
Solo-Parent
Explore Options for Young Widows ⬇️ *****@theyoungwidowcoach.com Instagram Handle @theyoungwidowcoach Instagram Followers 5K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

51. Tara Nash

Bio Author•Spiritual Psychologist•Grief Guide
Yoga Teacher•Breathwork Facilitator
Exploring grief, growth & the beauty of being human *****@tara-nash.com Instagram Handle @tara_nash_seeker Instagram Followers 2.7K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

52. Cait Wotherspoon

Bio Unravelling grief to rediscover joy 💕
Creating a safe space to explore the healing power of creativity 🎨🎭
Join a Workshop 👩‍💻 (Online & In Person) *****@caitwotherspoon.comau Instagram Handle @cait_wotherspoon Instagram Followers 1.6K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact