grief
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Beginning Again: What Burnout and Loss Taught Me About Starting Over
I thought I was past this. I wish healing was something you completed once. But I learned the hard way, it’s never truly over. Healing is not a finish line you cross and never have to revisit again; it is an ongoing, lifelong process that you return to in different seasons of your life, sometimes…
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I had a miscarriage… & it wasn’t what I expected
There are billions of women all throughout time who have experienced the pain of miscarriage. Often alone, in silence, and in shame. We don’t talk about it. We don’t share our stories. We don’t want to. I don’t want to, but I will. For our grief, and for anyone who this helps to feel less…
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Grief, Loss, and the Holiday Season
If grief is in your heart this holiday season, I’d love to offer some wisdom, love, and reassurance for you. Let’s unravel strategies for being present amidst the echoes of the past and find solace in the collective warmth that binds us, even in moments tinged with grief. My Holly Jolly Heartbreak The holiday season—the…
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the weight of grief
The spring is a time of new beginnings, of blooming, of becoming. For me, May is when everything ceases to be. On May 10, 2007, my dad left this earth. He was forty-four. I was nine.