My name is Dana Berry.

I never planned to work in grief support.

For most of my life, I worked in technology, marketing, and business. In 2020, I retired to become a full-time caregiver for my wife, Cynthia “Cinci” Turnbull, as she lived with Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer.

For five years, our lives revolved around treatments, scans, hospital visits, hope, setbacks, and the ordinary moments in between.

On September 1, 2025, Cinci died at home.

Like many grieving people, I quickly discovered that grief was far more complicated than I expected. The world seemed to move on while I was still trying to understand what had happened.

People often talk about grief as something you “get through.”

My experience has been different.

Grief has required learning new skills, new routines, new ways of carrying love, memory, identity, and loss all at the same time.

As I searched for resources, I found many books that explained grief and many support groups that offered comfort. What I struggled to find was a practical framework for living with grief day after day.

That search became the foundation for The Companion Series.

Today, through writing, speaking, and educational resources, I help invisible grievers feel seen.

My goal is simple: to create practical tools that help grieving people navigate life after loss.

I am not a therapist. I am not a clinician.

I am a husband who lost his wife.

I am a caregiver who watched someone he loved die.

I am someone still learning how to carry grief while continuing to build a meaningful life.

If you’re grieving, I’m glad you’re here.

You’re not alone in this.