THEPRACTITIONER • AUTHOR
Founder of Let’s Talk Grief™, Certified Grief Life Coach, author and grief advocate. Hogan encourages people to break the silence and talk about grief anytime, any place.
Hogan Hilling is an optimistic grief advocate, author of the Let’s Talk Grief trilogy and 14 additional books on fatherhood, motherhood, divorce, cold cases and grief. He is the founder of Let’s Talk Grief™ and a Certified Grief Life Coach.
His first Let’s Talk Grief book, Breaking the Silence and Healing Together With Grace, Peace, and Harmony, debuted September 17, 2026. It brings together 30 essays from contributors in the United States and Canada, ages 10 to 73, and offers a compassionate approach to living with grief.
Hogan is collecting essays for Let’s Talk Grief II, for adults, and Let’s Talk Grief III, for children ages 5 to 17. His project encourages open conversations about grief across ages and communities.
With 30 years of experience facilitating fatherhood support groups, Hogan has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and ABC’s documentary The Story of Fathers and Sons.
Hogan’s son, Wesley Jordan Hilling, died on December 18, 2022, at age 32. Hogan is traveling across America in his Mercedes Sprinter caravan to share the Let’s Talk Grief™ project and invite people to talk about grief openly.
Visit Hogan’s Let’s Talk Grief™ website and use the Get In Touch form to contact him.
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