--- title: Sheryl Sandberg: How She's Helping Others Through Grief description: When she suddenly lost her husband in 2015, Sheryl Sandberg also lost her bearings. 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A paid TIME subscription is separate and available at time.com/subscribe-agent. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 13, 2017 11:00 AM UTC  Sandberg and her husband Goldberg at his brother Rob's rehearsal dinner in Mexico in 2003 Sandberg and her husband Goldberg at his brother Rob's rehearsal dinner in Mexico in 2003Courtesy of Sheryl Sandberg by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 13, 2017 11:00 AM UTC When her husband [Dave Goldberg](http://time.com/3855210/sheryl-sandberg-husband-dave-goldberg/) died suddenly during a family vacation in Mexico, [Facebook](http://motto.time.com/4727471/facebook-tools-revenge-porn/) COO and _Lean I_n founder [Sheryl Sandberg](http://motto.time.com/4724884/sheryl-sandberg-equal-pay-day/) lost her bearings, she says—and her confidence in her ability to do the things she found easy before. As she struggled to establish whatever the new normal was going to be for her life and her two kids, she realized her vulnerability could be a great strength. A brutally honest and open Facebook post about the new challenges before her made her realize that the cultural conversation — or lack thereof — around personal adversity needed to change. And she decided to be the person to do just that. Sandberg has written a memoir, [_Option B_](https://www.amazon.com/Option-Adversity-Building-Resilience-Finding/dp/1524732680/?tag=timecom-20), about her journey with psychologist Adam Grant, and is launching [OptionB.org,](https://optionb.org/) with the goal of helping others through loss of every kind. [In the new issue of TIME](http://time.com/sheryl-sandberg-option-b/), the executive talks to Belinda Luscombe about life after death. 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