Strong Daughter Institute · Three live sessions
Strong Daughter Institute ·
Three live sessions
The Grief Behind “I’m Fine”
For women especially women of colour who are holding everything together while carrying loss of their own.
Maybe you’re navigating the loss of someone you love, a relationship, a career, the possibility of motherhood, or the life you thought you would have by now. You’re still showing up for work, family, and everyone who needs you. But you need space for yourself, too.
Join three free, gentle sessions to help you find more hope and build a clear, personal plan for living alongside your grief.
October 13–15, 2026
12:00 p.m. Pacific
Live on Zoom
Replays included for one week
Workbook included · Camera optional · No Pressure to share
Come as you are. There is no right way to bring your grief into the room.
Led by Manpreet Kaur Dhillon, founder of Strong Daughter Institute
No forced sharing, no pressure to be grateful. Camera optional, exercises always optional.
You don’t have to stop functioning for your grief to deserve support.
This series is for you if:
You’re the dependable one, but rarely feel supported yourself.
You keep saying “I’m fine” because explaining feels exhausting.
You’re grieving someone, something, or a future you hoped for.
You’re getting through your days but missing connection, meaning, or joy.
You want practical support and a way forward that makes room for your grief.
Your loss does not have to be recent or involve a death to belong here.
What you leave with
What you will take away
Not theories to admire from a distance tools you can use on an ordinary hard day.
Clear words for what you’ve lost
A simple emotions vocabulary for feelings that are hard to name.
A two-minute body check-in
Use it on a hard day without judging or diagnosing yourself.
A personal support map
So you know whom to ask for listening, practical help or respect for a boundary.
A personal support map
So you know whom to ask for listening, practical help or respect for a boundary.
One request or boundary script
You will practise it in the session and take it away with you
A small-joy list
Something to reach for when life feels flat, without forcing happiness.
No forced sharing. No pressure to be grateful. Come as you are.
Session by session
The three days
Each day builds on the one before, and each day ends with something concrete you take with you.
Day 1 · October 13
Honour what was lost
Name the loss beneath “I’m fine,” including the hopes and identities attached to it. Explore an emotion vocabulary tool, notice how grief can affect attention and energy, and practise a gentle body check-in.
Leave with a one-sentence name for your loss and a two-minute check-in you can use tonight.
Day 2 · October 14
Meet what is here
Notice how you are coping now at home, in relationships and at work. Map the people who can listen, help practically or respect a boundary; they may not be the people you expected.
Leave with a support map and one request or boundary drafted without having to explain your entire story.
Day 3 · October 15
Make room for what comes next
Use the Ishvara lens of mind, body, heart and spirit to consider what you need next. Make room for meaning, intuition or signs if that is part of your worldview.
Leave with a small next-steps plan across the four dimensions and a joy list that fits real life.
How it works
What the experience looks like
A gentle structure you can plan around, with nothing you are required to share.
Each day
Approximately 30–45 minutes of live teaching and guided reflection, followed by time for questions.
Replays
Teaching replays will arrive within 24 hours and remain available for one week. The question period will not be recorded.
Your pace
Camera optional. Pass on any exercise. You set your pace.
Between sessions
A companion workbook will help you reflect between sessions.
This is educational coaching and reflection, not therapy or a substitute for medical or mental-health care. The body practices are invitations to notice, never a diagnosis of illness. If a practice feels too much, pause, orient to your surroundings and choose what feels supportive.
A note, not a lecture
A note for daughters who have learned to be strong
For some of us, being dependable became so familiar that we stopped noticing how much we were carrying. As a Punjabi woman raised in Canada, I know the conversation can hold love for family alongside expectation, responsibility and the parts of ourselves we have kept private. Your story may be different. There is no one “right” way to grieve, and you do not have to choose between honouring where you come from and being honest about what you need.
Manpreet Kaur Dhillon
Your guide
Meet your guide
I’m Manpreet Kaur Dhillon, founder of Strong Daughter Institute. I created this work for women who have spent years being capable, caring and dependable while carrying grief that others do not always see.
I specialize in supporting women of color who have learned to be dependable while carrying grief no one sees.
My work brings together leadership and organizational experience with coaching and body-based reflection. I hold a Master’s in Organizational Management, lead operations at Chayn, and founded Veza Global, where I work with organizations on inclusion, trust and safer systems. Through Strong Daughter Institute and the Ishvara Method, I make space for mind, body, heart and spirit because insight alone does not always reach the places where a loss is felt.
I will bring research-informed tools, honest questions and room for your own wisdom. Spiritual reflection is available as an invitation, not a requirement. You are welcome whether you have words for your grief or are only beginning to notice it.
Master’s in Organizational Management
Lead operations at Chayn
Founder of Veza Global
Founder, Strong Daughter Institute
Creator of the Ishvara Method
Honest fit check
Who this session is for
So you can decide quickly whether this is the right room for you right now.
This is for you if
You are carrying a loss you have not fully named a person, a relationship, a hoped-for child, a career, a sense of belonging, or the life you expected by now.
You have learned to be the dependable one, and “I’m fine” has become your easiest answer.
You want honest language and practical tools, not a performance of being okay.
You would rather move at your own pace and share only what you choose.
This is not the right fit if
You are looking for therapy, diagnosis or clinical treatment this is educational coaching and reflection.
You want a space where you must tell your whole story aloud sharing here is always optional.
The offer
The Grief Behind “I’m Fine”
Three live sessions, one hour a day, for three days.
Three live sessions with Manpreet Kaur Dhillon
October 13–15, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific, about 30–45 minutes of teaching and guided reflection each day plus questions
A companion workbook for reflection between sessions
Teaching replays within 24 hours, available for one week
The five session takeaway tools, yours to keep
PRICE
Free
DATES
October 13–15, 2026
TIME
12:00 p.m. Pacific
FORMAT
Live, online, camera optional
REPLAYS
Within 24 hours, available for one week
Free registration · October 13–15, 2026 · 12:00 p.m. Pacific
REGISTRATION
Save your place for October 13–15
Free to attend. You can change your mind at any time.
Replays included—you don’t need to attend live.
We use your first name and email only to send series details, joining instructions and the companion workbook.
Questions
Answers before you decide
Anything still unclear? The series detail above and the note below cover the rest.
Do I have to tell my story?
No. Sharing is always optional. The private reflection exercises are yours to keep.
What if my loss is not a death?
You belong here. We will make room for ambiguous, unrecognized and life-transition losses as well as bereavement.
What if I cannot attend live?
Teaching replays will arrive within 24 hours and remain available for one week. The live question periods are private and will not be in the recordings.
Is this a therapy group?
No. It is a live educational and coaching series with reflective practices. Please seek individualized clinical support if you need it.
What will it cost?
Registration is free.
How long is each session?
Each day includes approximately 30–45 minutes of live teaching and guided reflection, followed by time for questions.
What do I need to bring?
A companion workbook will help you reflect between sessions. It arrives with your registration details.
Will I have to be on camera?
Camera optional. You may pass on any exercise or question.
Still deciding? Registration is free, so the only cost is an hour a day.
You do not have to prove your grief is big enough to deserve attention.
You do not have to prove your grief is big enough to
deserve attention.
Join me October 13, 14 and 15 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific.
If “I’m fine” is heavy right now, you do not need the perfect words. You only need a place to begin.
The Grief Behind “I’m Fine” · October 13–15, 2026 · 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Strong Daughter Institute · Manpreet Kaur Dhillon
Educational coaching and reflection. Not therapy, diagnosis or a substitute for individualized medical or mental-health care.
October 13–15 · 12:00 p.m.
Pacific · Free