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Reflections on grief, love, and slow becoming.

Quiet writing for tender seasons. Gentle practices, rituals, and companions for the road.

Reflections

Creative Grief Support in 2026: 40+ Creative Ways to Express Loss When Words Aren't Enough

When words aren't enough, creative expression gives shape to grief. Over 40 gentle ideas, from memory crafts, journaling, movement, and ritual, to tend to your heart while it's grieving.

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Returning to Kripalu after 23 years

I hope you’ll find some insights in these reflections from when I returned to Kripalu after being away for 23 years. It was truly amazing to see the sameness and the newness in this place and in myself.

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Death Anniversaries

In grief, our loved one's death day is often a yearly remembrance that is sad, tender, and prompts us to pause.

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How to Support Someone Grieving (Without Saying the Wrong Thing)

Learn how to support someone grieving with tenderness, practical actions, and gentle words. Discover what to say, what gifts help, and how to truly be there.

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Navigating Grief: Your Gentle Guide to the First Year & Beyond

A tender companion for anyone new to loss: what navigating grief actually feels like in the body and mind, how long it lasts, and small ways to hold yourself through the first year and beyond.

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Creativity is the Way

Using creativity to navigate grief

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E-Motion Grief Movement Community

Announcing the e-motion fall 2026 grief movement groups

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Poem: Can a pen be a portal to the past?

A poem about pens, grief, and remembering my Mom

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Grief Work : Work Grief

As a grief support practitioner, I am often identified as someone who does “Grief Work” and that is indeed accurate. I support, listen, and help grieving people navigating a loss. I support individuals experiencing all types of losses.

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What the garden teaches us about grief

A reflection on dormant seasons, slow growth, and trusting what lies beneath the soil.

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Practices

Walking as a grief practice

Why moving our bodies through the natural world helps move what is stuck in the heart.

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Holding space - for others, for yourself

A few small practices for staying present when grief asks for our quiet attention.

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Rituals

Small rituals for anniversary days

Gentle, doable ways to mark the days that hold extra weight.

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