Dear Heart,
The final installment of my six-part series on grief is live. This last piece, "Coming Home," is a letter from the tender center of grief. Not as something to fix or finish, but as something to honor and carry with care.
Grief isn't a chapter that closes. It's a thread woven through the fabric of our becoming. This piece is a love letter to the you who stays through the ache...
Hi friend,
For a long time, I was afraid of my own anger.
Grief has felt like a familiar companion. Constant and somewhat predictable. Anger felt dangerous. Unloving. Like a wildfire I couldn't control. I worried it would make me "too much," ot worse, that it would hurt the people I love.
But the more I've listened to it, the more I've come to understand:
Anger is not the enemy of gr...
Grief and Boundaries: Saying Yes to Yourself When Others Don't
Dear Heart,
Sometimes grief doesn't come from death or ending. Sometimes it comes from the parts of ourselves we've silenced, softened, or surrendered just to be loved or safe.
This week on the blog, I'm exploring the deep connection between grief and boundaries. How the quiet ache beneath every "yes" we didn't mean holds wisdom, and how reclaiming our voice, our spaec, and our needs is i...
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