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Welcome,
I’m Robin A. Gillette

I’m here to help  you understand grief and loss through a different paradigm: the Hurricane. In 2022, I lost both my husband and my father within five months. Writing became the way I stayed in conversation with grief.

Robin A. Gillette, author and poet, wearing a light gray collared shirt and a gold necklace, smiling at the camera against a transparent background.

Poems of Empowerment in the Face of Loss 

Grief is a Hurricane

Every soul has been grazed by loss and grief at some point in life. Daily, you make a choice on how you will live your life alongside that grief: in silent pain or opening yourself up to life’s creative outlets to express that pain.

 

By reading these poems you will gain a new perspective on grief, one that  normalizes your feelings, and helps you feel like you belong to a community of people who can live with the grief they carry, rather than burying it or moving through it, because, as grievers, we all know that there is no moving through grief.

– Pegasus Publishing

Grief is a Hurricane, is not your typical book of poems. Rather, it is Robin’s incredible story of grief told with poems.”

– Catherine McIntyre, retired social worker

This collection of poems is for you if...

Grief doesn’t follow a timeline.
And you don’t have to navigate it alone.

Robin A. Gillette seated outdoors smiling beside a waterfront railing

About Me

I'm grateful you found me here.

If you’re reading this, grief has likely touched your life.

 

I know this terrain personally. After losing my husband and my father within five months, I found myself navigating a storm I never expected.

 

Writing became my way of understanding grief and eventually, helping others understand their own.

Ways to Work With Robin

Connection, Reflection & Healing

Robin offers opportunities for connection, reflection, and shared understanding through:

Online Writer’s Cafe

A supportive space for creatively expressing your feelings around grief and loss.

Speaking Engagements

Robin shares her experience and the Hurricane paradigm at community events, workshops, and gatherings.

Workshops

Join Robin at local expos, readings, and conversations about grief and healing.

Free guide

5 Gentle Ways to Begin Your Morning After Loss

A simple, compassionate guide to help you navigate grief, one small step at a time.

Free grief healing guide titled 5 Gentle Ways to Begin Your Morning After Loss

Praise for the Book

What Others Are Experiencing

The Hurricane Paradigm

Grief does not move in stages or timelines.
It shifts, returns, intensifies, and softens much like a hurricane.

 

Some days are calm.
Some days bring unexpected waves.
Some days feel overwhelming.

 

The hurricane metaphor offers a way to understand grief as something living and changing, not something to finish, but something to learn to live alongside. This paradigm creates space for all emotions and honors the reality of grief as it truly unfolds.