Grief series 8 min read I carried you, I hold you beyond loss. Part 6: When Everything Changed Losing a child is a journey no parent is ever prepared for. In this chapter of I Carried You, I Hold You Beyond Loss, a mother reflects on the hope...
Grief series 4 min read Grief and its profound impact on mind, body and soul. Part 2 Grief is a ‘whole being’ experience, affecting every part of us: mind, body and soul. This 3-part series looks at the profound impact grief has on each of these aspects....
Grief series 6 min read Functioning While Struggling: Who Gets Permission to Stop? Part 1 “Functioning doesn’t mean you are not suffering.” Why do we wait until suffering becomes impossible to ignore before we change what we’re asking of the person carrying it? For many...
Grief series 4 min read Grief and its profound impact on mind, body and soul. Part 1 Grief is a ‘whole being’ experience, affecting every part of us: mind, body and soul. In this first part we will talk about mind. How Grief Affects the Mind: Understanding...
Grief series 10 min read I carried you, I hold you beyond loss. Part 5: Hope against the odds. If you missed part 4 “Love without rest” – you can read it first to follow the story. Hope has a quiet way of returning. It does not always arrive...
Grief series 2 min read The Loss That Has No Funeral: Loving the Life You Have Part 2 In Part 1, I shared how grief can be about more than what happened. Sometimes, we grieve the life we thought we’d have—the years we couldn’t get back, the years...
Grief series 4 min read Honoring the Past While Moving Forward This is Part 2 of the series. In Part 1, I shared why grief can leave us longing for “the old days”—not just for the people we’ve lost, but for...
Grief series 4 min read Why Grief Makes You Miss the Life You Had Before Loss The Ache for “The Old Days” There’s a specific kind of homesickness that has nothing to do with a place. It’s the quiet ache of missing the life you had...
Grief series 5 min read Love Without Rest Part 4 of I Carried You, I Hold You Beyond Loss. If you missed the previous parts of this series, you can read them here. Nobody tells you that love...
Grief experience 4 min read The Loss That Has No Funeral: Grieving the Life You Imagined Part 1 We don’t only grieve people. Sometimes we grieve the lives we imagined, the dreams that changed, and the versions of ourselves thought we’d become. I don’t think I truly ever...
