So often I hear from grievers, “I’m afraid that if I let myself feel my grief, I’ll be consumed.” But the truth is if we don’t let ourselves grieve, we risk more harm, to ourselves and to the people we love, than if we keep our feelings bottled up inside.
Read MoreWhen it comes to seeking grief support, if we're not truly ready, if we're not open to transformation and new possibilities, we may remain stuck where we are.
Read MoreGrieving and healing are a journey marked not by an end goal but the small transformations that happen along the way.
Read MoreSometimes when we're grieving, we hold onto a single idea of what we believe support should look like, feeling stung, lonely, bewildered, betrayed when the people we thought would be there fade to the edges of our lives. But the truth is we are always in relationship to support.
Read MoreI often turn to movement as one of the most reliable tools in my grief toolbox. Sometimes this dance is prayer. Sometimes fire. Or a thousand tears unlocked. Always, it is the deepest of self-care.
Read MoreThere is a unique loneliness to grief that is one of its searing, undeniable truths. Still, you deserve to be seen and validated in your grief, to find a haven where you can safely be with and give voice to your pain.
Read MoreI let go of expectations, “shoulds” and thoughts of what the holidays are “supposed to be” … and other declarations and affirmations to help you make room for your grief in a season of blaring, bruising joy.
Read MoreMy dad was dying. And somehow the naming, a trembling willingness to inhabit that fact gave me the courage I needed. To be there.
Read MoreA group of us — nine healers, grief and death workers, artists and ministers — has been visioning what might be possible for our healing, and the healing of our communities and our planet, when we carry our sorrows out from the shadows into the light of each other’s tenderness, empathy and compassion.
Read MoreTo charge full-tilt into every bright and beckoning celebration without acknowledging our collective grief and trauma seems dismissive of the pain too many are carrying.
Read MoreA guided meditation to help you connect to moments of resilience and nourishment on your grief journey.
Read MoreMost of us do not have models of healthy grief. All we know is what we’ve seen and experienced, what we’ve taken from the journeys of other grievers about how grief is done.
Read MoreI do not make resolutions, haven’t for years. Yet I believe in looking back, if only to look forward, to see what we wish to carry into the new year, what we’re consciously choosing to leave behind. To acknowledge and honor who we are because of all we’ve lived.
Read More“A big part of my work is to center undocumented voices that bring attention to the loss and grief that comes with immigration, specifically the grief of living in this country (U.S.) undocumented.” - Paulina Isabel Almarosa
Read More“Your soul is infinite and you have an unquantifiable amount of spiritual support available to you at any moment.” - Samara Kasai
Read More“Acknowledging the wisdom and stories of the body helps people feel witnessed, which is a human need!” - Tai Chou-Kudu
Read MoreI use a sliding scale and barter. I make house calls, point out that these practices are part of our healing history.
Read More“My grief care looks like frequent prayer, crying, journaling, walking/movement, acupuncture, herbal medicine, therapy and rest.” - Sondrina Bullitt
Read More“I believe in the impact of sound, of music and art to infuse what we are doing with power that moves us forward.” - Rhetta Morgan
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