Grief-Informed Leadership Starts Here
I help healthcare teams, educators, and mission-driven organizations navigate grief, burnout, trauma exposure, and major life transitions with research-backed tools, powerful storytelling, and practical strategies that strengthen culture and connection.
Work with me
Dr. Korie Leigh, PhD is an Associate Professor, thanatologist, and child development specialist who helps teams and communities build grief-informed cultures with practical tools for navigating loss and burnout in life’s hardest moments.
What organizations leave with
A grief-informed culture employees can feel
Practical language for hard conversations
Tools to reduce burnout and secondary trauma
Resilience skills that work in high-stress environments
WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
Keynote & Corporate Speaking
Grief, stress, and major life transitions don’t stay at home, they show up in every workplace. I deliver keynotes for healthcare teams, educators, and mission-driven organizations that blend research, real-world experience, and story to strengthen resilience, communication, and workplace culture.
Workshops & Trainings
These interactive trainings offer trauma-informed tools for supporting grief, burnout, and emotional complexity in real time. Teams leave with clear language, usable frameworks, and practical strategies they can implement immediately.
Individual & Family Support
I offer a limited number of support sessions for pregnancy loss (TFMR, stillbirth, and infant loss), and grief support for children, teens, and adults.
Trusted By
Dr Leigh’s Newest Book
When Everything Changes: Parenting Through Loss and Grief.
Publication Date 3/31
When life turns upside down, When Everything Changes is here to help through life’s hardest moments.
This gentle, thoughtful guide is designed for parents and caregivers navigating loss—whether it’s death, illness, or separation.
With this book, readers will:
Understand what grief looks like in kids (and what might be surprising!)
Learn how to talk to children of all ages about death, loss, or major changes—with simple, comforting language
Find ways to care for themselves while parenting through grief
Feel less alone and more confident—even when everything feels uncertain
Loss is never easy, but this book helps parents walk the path of grief together with their children and rediscover hope.
