The Presence Workbook
Five pages that bring you back to the room where he still is.
For daughters whose fear took over after their dad’s terminal diagnosis.
Free · Instant AccessEnter your name and email — I’ll send you The Presence Workbook and then take you to the interactive workbook in your browser (five pages you can fill in right there). No timeline searching. Just you coming back to the chapter you are still in.
You are not living in the present.
You are living in fear’s version of the future.
He told you the diagnosis. Your brain turned it into the worst version. Every Google search confirms a new fear. You are sitting across from him at dinner and you are already imagining life without your best friend.
That is anticipatory grief. It is the grief that starts before the loss, when you love someone and your brain tries to protect you by rehearsing what has not happened yet. It is real, it is named, and you are not alone in it.
This workbook will bring you back to the room where he still is.
| Fear Says | What Is True |
|---|---|
| He is not going to survive this | The ending is not written yet |
| I need the timeline right now | Right now, he is still here |
| Every search confirms the worst | Someone else’s story is not his story |
| I cannot stop crying in the car | Anticipatory grief is love that does not yet know where to go |
| I feel like I am floating away | Noticing that is the first step back |
Five pages. Each one brings you back to the room.
Fill them out in your own words, at your own pace. There are no wrong answers here.
Name Where You Are
Circle every word that is true right now. Name it. It has less power once it is named.
Fear vs. Fact
Fear pretends to narrate the future. Here you take the pen back.
See the Character
He is still funny. He still says the thing only he says. He is still in the room.
The Window
One thing you want him to know. One memory. One small way to be in the room this week.
What You Carry
The diagnosis does not get to write this. You do. This is what you take with you.
“Fear takes the elevator. The truth takes the staircase. But it always catches up.”— Mindy Genereux, Certified Death Doula · Leave Well Media
From cancer stole the plot to you write the story anyway.
Make This Mean More is the 8-week 1:1 coaching program for daughters whose dad has a terminal diagnosis. You stop Googling timelines. You get back in the room. You capture his voice, his humor, his values — the whole character he built before cancer ever showed up.
You make memories with a smile. And when it is over, you walk away knowing you showed up and you did not miss a single moment of this chapter.
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