22/10/2025
"Grief is not a problem to be solved. It's a process to be held."
This truth took me years to understand—both through my own grief journey and through walking alongside hundreds of clients who felt like they were "failing" at grief.
We've been taught that grief follows stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. But what happens when your grief doesn't look like that?
What happens when you feel acceptance one day and wake up angry the next?
When a random song brings the loss crashing back with day-one intensity?
When you laugh and then wonder if you're dishonoring the person you lost?
In my latest blog, I share the truth about non-linear grief—and what I wish someone had told me when I was in the thick of it.
Because grief is:
🌊 A spiral, not a straight line
💔 Layered with losses you didn't even know you were grieving
🫂 Profoundly isolating, even when you're surrounded by love
🕊️ Not something that disappears—it changes shape
If you're navigating grief and feeling like you're not "doing it right," this post is for you.
Read it here:
https://www.pureawarenesstherapy.com.au/blog/202510/11/okay-to-fail-zwnkc
And if you're ready for support that honors your spiral and welcomes your waves, I'd love to talk. I offer complimentary Discovery Calls to explore how we can work together.
You don't have to carry this alone. 💙
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