29/07/2026
Navigating Grief ~
Dying is inevitable, we all know that. It’s part of human evolution…… yet most of us struggle with it, struggle to bounce back to some kind of normality.
We’re not taught how to navigate Grief, everyone’s experience is different and unique in itself.
Grief is not an emotion - it’s a bundle of EVERY SINGLE emotion 😢 😡 🙃🥺🤪 all at once, sometimes out of the blue ~ backwards, forwards and backwards again.
It’s stepping into a whole new reality, just like that…
It’s not just grieving the loss of a person ~ it’s grieving for what was, what is and what could have been 🌿
Grief has been something that I carried quietly and heavy in my heart for many years, thankfully that has shifted and my perspective is so very different this time as I navigate having said goodbye to my own Mum just this last week……. This is what I’ve observed…..
Grief is like a trauma in our physical body- something changes. Trauma is a quiet process that happens within us. Our nervous system gets dysregulated, our lymphatic system gets sluggish.
We change physically, energetically, emotionally and spiritually. Feels like a whole chemical imbalance……..
To shift out of fight flight freeze mode, I’ve taken my own advice and created my own selfcare plan:
🌀 Stillness & Calmness through simple mediation and breath
🌀 Movement- moving through grief with walking/light running or exercise
🌀 Fresh air and sunshine
🌀 Good healthy food choices
🌀 Hydration - not just water, essential electrolytes
🌀 Music
🌀 Energy Healing for heart healing ❤️🩹
🌀 And of course feeling all the feels, honouring them and letting them slip away in their own time.
Go easy and gentle, and YES we do bounce back and our sun does come out again ☀️💛🌻
PS My Mum taught and raised us to be great cooks! I made myself homemade granola and stewed rhubarb couli - and oh my gosh I’m addicted. If you’d like to give it go comment HEALTHY or DM and I’ll send it!
