White Rose Healing

01/20/2026

Grief is hard. Period.
I remember that first year after my husband's death.
Everything felt so hard, so harsh. The sweetness of life had vanished. Everything was too bright, too loud.

I remember thinking that I just wanted to sink into a giant soft pillow and disappear.

A GENTLY REMINDER:
Grief is hard and we, so often, are hard on ourselves. This is your loving reminder to be kind to yourself. The journey of grief is challenging, let's not make it more so my beating ourselves up for 'not doing it right' or 'I'll never get over it.'

Everything moves through grief at their own pace.

Find stillness and look around you. Perhaps snow is softly falling where you are. Or birds chirping.

Listen. Notice. And be still.

You will weather this storm, Divine One!

One breath, one step.
The journey of grief.

With love and gratitude
Catherine Mea

01/19/2026

During profound grief, everything can be a trigger.

I remember while in my early stage, Monday came with mixed emotions.
It meant week routine - getting my daughter up and out the door for school. That simple act took all of my energy, but once there I was granted the gift of space.

The mask could come off and I could tend to my own self.

Yet - the 'normal' routine of the week had been shatteered by the sudden death of my partner. So how to spend those seemingly endless hours of the day?

My mindfulness practice became my anchor. Granting myself permission to simple BE in the moment- connecting deeply to my own Self, feeling within- what was presenting in that moment? The ability to tend to our inner worlds, is imperative during grieving. Creating healthy boundaries that put the ME first.

I spent many of those hours while my daughter was at school outside in our garden listening to birds. It trained myself to focus on their chirping and to allow my thoughts to slip away.
My overwrought mind craved that peace, needed it to heal.

So on this day, where ever you are in your grieving journey, stop...

Pause

Breath consciously and ground into the moment.

Sit for as long as you like simple breathing.

One breath, one step

Wishing you blessings for a peaceful Monday.🐦🦋

01/18/2026

My story of sudden loss

12/05/2025

12/05/2025

The ‘holly jolly’ season is anything but for those in grief. So many triggers.. where to start! The way to navigate this time is by being true to you. Listening to your body and really feeling into what is uplifting for you and what is not. Saying no to an activity that feels draining is the biggest gift you can offer yourself

12/03/2025

Losing someone dear to you is challenging enough, but to lose someone in the breath of time it takes to say I love you adds extra layers that must be dealt with first.

Our minds are slow to comprehend, tragic sudden news. We reach out to anything to make sense of what we hear yet in the meantime, our bodies are moving into hyperdrive.

Grief and trauma can live within the body, so it is so important to learn to listen carefully to what the body is saying to you moment by moment . Kindness and patience are your friends in these early days. Gentle movement to help heal a shattered energy field.

Welcome to our tribe of grieving women moving with intention from crisis to transformation. 💝

10/09/2025

This morning I was granted a gift. The gift that is our week of fall break, no rush, rush to get daughter to high school.

I was allowed the slide into the morning in the manner which suits me best.

Rising pre-dawn and walking out into the rainforest stillness, offering ritual and welcoming the new day.

And of course writing about it! If you'd like to share in these liminal moments, click the link to read of my adventures. Perhaps consider subscribing to my substack to join my growing community in that space,

Prayer of Love

09/14/2025

Getting back to podcasting after many strong nudges from Spirit.

Aloha Divine Ones,The transmission today focuses on SLOW.  You might think that the world is anything but at this moment, right?  I mean, how did we get to September?!?!Please know, says Spirit, that the fast moving, frenetic pace is an ...