Maggie Moore

Maggie Moore is The Widow Coach, a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®, and runs vitual and actual groups to support widowed rebuilding their lives. After her husband John died suddenly in an auto accident in 2014, Maggie discovered her calling: bringing hope and practical guidance to others walking the widow’s path. She walked back through grief again, losing her long-term boyfriend Kurt to GBM brain cancer 2021.

As a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist® since 2018, Maggie guides widows through transformation from desolation to creating lives they love while honoring their spouse’s legacy. Her approach combines evidence-based grief recovery methods with neuroscience-informed tools, practical systems, and sustainable strategies for rebuilding after loss.

Maggie brings 20+ years of HR and training expertise—including adult education, instructional design, and facilitation—to her coaching practice. She’s designed and delivered training programs for global corporations including Motorola, Nokia, and Xylem, giving her unique insight into both the personal and professional challenges widows face.

Maggie’s work with anxiety management is grounded in neuroscience research and informed by her own experience navigating panic and hypervigilance after traumatic loss. She understands firsthand that anxiety after loss isn’t a character flaw—it’s a brain trying to protect you after experiencing the worst thing imaginable.

Based in Crystal Lake, Illinois, Maggie is the author of “The Voyage & The Return” (2026) and creator of the Surviving Widowhood Bootcamp and multiple courses for the widowed community.