Loss and grief are universal human experiences. Yet, no one knows what to do when it happens. Loss and grief are universal human experiences. Yet, no one knows what to do when it happens.
Hi, I’m Rebecca Feinglos (pronounced fine-gloss).
I’m a grief educator, founder, speaker, and someone who became far more qualified to talk about loss than I ever intended to be. My mom died when I was a teenager, and my dad died suddenly in 2020. Not long after that, I went through a long divorce that reshaped how I understand resilience, and what it means to rebuild a life you didn’t expect.
At some point, I realized grief wasn’t just my own personal experience. It was everywhere: hidden in workplaces, relationships, leadership, burnout, caregiving, ambition, and the pressure to keep functioning like nothing happened. So I took a year-long “grief sabbatical,” started talking honestly online, and, brick by brick, built a global community around the conversations most people are still uncomfortable having out loud.
Today, I’m the founder of Grieve Leave, where I speak about grief, emotional resilience, workplace culture, and the reality that life does not pause just because we’re expected to stay productive. My work has been featured in TIME, Fortune, Slate, the LA Times, and other outlets as more people begin recognizing that grief is not niche — it touches every workplace, every family, every community, and every life, eventually (some of us earlier than others, unfortunately).
Before this chapter of my life, I worked in education and public policy, bringing together an undergraduate education from Duke University, a master’s degree in Public policy from the University of Chicago with a deep interest in how people and systems navigate life’s hardest moments. I split my time between Durham and Montreal with my senior dogs, Daisy Duke and Ralphie, probably over-caffeinated and trying to help build a world a little better at showing up for people when life gets hard.
Whether it’s workplaces, schools, leadership teams, caregivers, communities, or people quietly carrying something heavy, I’m ready for the conversations that help us feel a little less alone.
My work goes beyond bereavement leave to help leaders and organizations understand that grief, loss, caregiving, burnout, and major life disruption are not separate from workplace performance, culture, or retention.
“Rebecca is dynamic, authentic, and truly captivating. She brings warmth, wisdom, and energy to every conversation, and her sessions continue to spark meaningful reflection and dialogue long after they end.”
Carman Shaw
Enterprise Health Executive
“Rebecca has a way of making difficult conversations feel human and approachable. People walk away from hearing her not just informed, but feeling like they actually know where to begin.”
Shoshana Ungerleider
Founder
Grief is more than death. I unpack all the ways loss shows up in real life like breakups, divorce, caregiving, chronic illness, workplace burnout, friendship fallouts, fertility struggles, trauma, identity shifts, family dynamics, mental health, childhood grief, and missing our person during milestones even while life keeps moving.
A lot of us are carrying grief without realizing that’s what it is, and my work is about
making those experiences feel seen, understood, and less isolating.
I’d love to know what brought you here. How grief is showing up for you or your organization. Let’s create space and conversation around better systems for each other.
Also happy to talk about Duke Basketball.
