“Everything that was supposed to go right went wrong.
Everything that went wrong became a blessing.”
Chris Mamone | Acceptance Coach
Founder of The Empowered Grief Journey™
Host of The Empowered Grief Journey Podcast
Author of The Empowered Grief Journey Anthology
My Empowered Grief Journey
For years I struggled to make sense of it all. My life experiences were filled with judgement, blame, comparison, never being good enough. The pressure from people in my life to change myself to fit their expectations was relentless. My internal dialogue was programmed to believe that everything was always my fault. This constant pressure led to me losing my confidence and sense of identity. I battled with ADHD, Borderline Personality Disorder, depression, and anxiety along this painful journey called conformity. Little did I know this would be the beginning of a long road of grief, loss, and trauma that was just getting started.
The Turning Point
After spending most of my life on the conformity journey, I reached my breaking point. I was done. I long desired freedom to be myself and create my own path in life. I took a leap of faith and hired a Tony Robbins Results Coach in 2018. I didn’t know it at the time but this was the turning point that shed limiting beliefs and thought patterns that were holding me back from creating life on my terms. Looking back it was the best decision I made at the time.
My New Life
Coaching became a transformative experience for me. I regained my confidence and committed to exploring my self-acceptance journey. My whole world started changing. I began to find financial success in my mortgage career, I bought my first house in the woods of New Hampshire, I found people who were supportive of me. My new life was finally changing for the better!
My Grandpa Passed Away
For once in my life things were going great. I finally had a stable job, plenty of income to support my life, and then all of the sudden everything changed in the blink of an eye. In 2020, I flew home after news my grandpa wasn’t doing well, and within two days he passed away in my arms. It was soul crushing experience for me to lose the man I called a father and a grandpa who had been the rock for me in life. I fell into a depression for what felt like an eternity.
Hard Times Continued…
After 5 months of being unemployed, In 2021 I got hired as a manager in the mortgage business with a local bank where I lived, but again became victim to judgement, blame, comparison, and never being good enough. I was bullied constantly by coworkers and managers I worked with. Eventually I was fired for standing up for myself against the abuse.
The Struggle Was Relentless…
In 2022, My wife and I got pregnant with our first child after struggling with infertility for 12 years. It was a miracle for us and one that we were looking forward to ever so much. But what was supposed to be a joyful and happy time of life quickly became one of the most toxic situations in life that ended in us losing our child. We experienced emotional and verbal abuse from my narcissistic in law family throughout the entire pregnancy. We were bullied constantly, judged, and blamed for not meeting their expectations for this event in our life.
Dark Night of The Soul.
Just when you think life couldn’t get any worse, our son’s heart stopped beating the day before he was supposed to be born and we lost our child. Words cannot describe how defeating and soul crushing this day was to me and my wife. It was a day that forever changed our world and our lives. Such a beautiful moment in the middle of life chaos, taken from us in a moment.
A Numbing Pause In The Chaos
I was at a stop light leaving the hospital when I decided that again life wasn’t working for me. Something had to change and this time it had to be drastic change. It meant reflecting on who was in my life, what I would allow and tolerate, what I wanted going forward, how I was going to find purpose. I felt like my world had burned to the ground. There was nothing left other than my wife and I to figure out what the next step would be.
Finding Meaning & Purpose
After fighting a long period of depression, financial hardship, grieving the lost of our son Caden, I was compelled to work in the grief and loss space. It’s an area of life that is very misunderstood and is always referred to as something that happens to us but we have to let go and move on with our life.
The Empowered Grief Journey
In 2025, I started my coaching practice and podcast called The Empowered Grief Journey. I began guest appearing on podcasts around the globe and began to share my story. Today I have coached people across the world from Australia to Canada, to the United Kingdom and England to the US, and have recorded over 120 episodes on my podcast. I am in the process of writing my first anthology book with 22 guests from the podcast that will share our grief stories and healing journeys with others to inspire them to discover their own Empowered Grief Journey.
My Passion
I help individuals move from a place of pain into a place of hope and empowerment through their grief story. I support those navigating grief, loss, and trauma to rediscover their self-acceptance and step into their personal power so they can create an inspiring future grounded in healing, truth, and purpose.
Forever Grateful With Love
"My son Caden gave me the greatest gift he led me to my purpose. Through the depth of my grief, he guided me onto this path of service, where I now help others find meaning, healing, and power in their own losses. Because of him, I turned pain into purpose, and I’m forever grateful. I wouldn’t be who I am or where I am without his
presence in my story." - Chris Mamone
Discover Your Own
Empowered Grief Journey
Grief is a personal transformation gateway that moves you forward towards who you are becoming.
If you are grieving the loss of a loved one, a job, relationship, or maybe even yourself, I want you to know you are not alone on this journey.
With courage and compassion we can navigate grief together to discover your path towards healing.
I offer a FREE 60 minute empowerment call as a safe space for you to share your grief story and healing journey and learn more about how The Empowered Grief Journey can help you become empowered by your grief.
Grief isn’t the end of your story. It’s just the beginning. Let’s walk that journey together.
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