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We bring together women navigating loss to share, learn, and support one another, so that through the power of collective healing we can live with our grief, restore hope, and create fulfilling lives.

05/22/2026

If Possible, Get Support Before the Loss Happens 🆘

Anticipatory grief can bring exhaustion, fear, uncertainty, and loneliness long before a loss actually happens.

❀‍đŸ©č Many people carry thoughts like I’m so tired, I’m scared, or I don’t know what life will look like next—but don’t always feel they have a safe place to say them out loud.

Friends and family may care deeply, but they may also be dealing with their own emotions. You don’t have to wait until after the loss to seek support.

👉 Follow for tools to navigate grief and difficult emotions and visit www.thegriefgurus.com for practical conversations about grief, coping, and living after loss.

05/20/2026

Does Anticipatory Grief Change Based on Who You May Lose?

It's Possible. đŸ«¶
Anticipatory grief can feel very different depending on the relationship.

The emotions connected to a partner may not feel the same as those connected to a parent, sibling, child, or close friend.

🌈 Our history, attachment, responsibilities, hopes, and fears can all shape how grief shows up before a loss has even happened. Each relationship carries its own meaning, and each person’s emotional response is valid.

👉 Follow for tools to navigate grief and difficult emotions and visit www.thegriefgurus.com for practical conversations about grief, coping, and living after loss.

05/18/2026

You May Feel Grief Before Someone Dies ❀‍đŸ©č

Anticipatory grief is the grief that can arise before a loved one dies—often during illness, decline, or uncertainty. If this feels familiar, you’re not alone.

👉 Follow for tools to navigate grief and difficult emotions and visit www.thegriefgurus.com for practical conversations about grief, coping, and living after loss.

Grief Isn’t Just About Missing SomeoneWe know we’ll miss our person,But grief is so much more than that.It shows up in w...
05/18/2026

Grief Isn’t Just About Missing Someone

We know we’ll miss our person,
But grief is so much more than that.

It shows up in ways we don’t expect.
Trouble concentrating.
Forgetting things.
Feeling exhausted, even after resting.

And you can begin to wonder what’s wrong with you.

Nothing.

Grief affects all of you.
Your mind.
Your body.
Your energy.

So if you’re finding it hard to focus,
Or you're feeling more tired than usual


It’s not because you’re not coping well.

It’s because you’re grieving.

05/15/2026

Tried Therapy and It Didn’t Help? Don’t Stop There! ⁉

You finally reached out for help
 and it didn’t feel right.

That doesn’t mean help isn’t out there for you. 🙏

Sometimes it takes more than one try to find the right therapist, community, or space where you can truly show up as yourself—without filtering, minimizing, or pretending you’re “fine.”

In this short video, we talk about why not every support experience will fit—and why it’s worth continuing until you find one that does.

Because you deserve a place where you can be honest about what this is really like. ☀ It's the only place we can cultivate true healing đŸ„°

👉 Follow for more tools to navigate grief and difficult emotions and visit www.thegriefgurus.com for practical conversations about grief, coping, and living after loss.

05/13/2026

This Kind of Support Is Different (And You Might Need It)

In grief, it can feel exhausting to keep telling people you’re “fine.”

Sometimes what you really need is one person who is there just for you—someone you don’t have to manage, reassure, or explain yourself to.

đŸš« Not a friend you worry about burdening.
đŸš« Not family who are grieving too.
🆘 But someone whose role is simply to support you.

In this short video, we talk about why this kind of dedicated support can make such a difference—and why you don’t have to do this alone.

👉 Follow for more tools to navigate grief and difficult emotions and visit www.thegriefgurus.com for practical conversations about grief, coping, and living after loss.

05/11/2026

What can help look like when we are grieving? ❀‍đŸ©č

When we’re grieving, it’s often the small, practical things that help the most:

✅ Laundry.
✅ Watching the kids.
✅ Cutting the grass.
✅ Sitting with you so you’re not alone.

If you’re grieving, this is a reminder that you don’t have to do it all alone.
If you’re supporting someone, this is a gentle guide for how to show up. 🌈

👉 Follow for more tools to navigate grief and difficult emotions and visit www.thegriefgurus.com for more support.

Grief Shows Up EverywhereSometimes we think that grief only shows up in the big moments.A graduationA weddingAn annivers...
05/11/2026

Grief Shows Up Everywhere

Sometimes we think that grief only shows up in the big moments.
A graduation
A wedding
An anniversary.

But grief is sneaky.
It can show up everywhere
When you least expect it.

It can be setting the table for one.
Looking at the empty chair across the room
Waking up, every morning, with no one beside you.

It can be a song played on the radio.
The scent of their perfume.
Their favourite flower coming into bloom.

And the thing is

These everyday things
Can catch you off guard.

Each one although a painful jab,
Is really a remembrance
Of the one you loved

Keeping you forever connected.

05/08/2026

Your Grief Has Warning Signs

If we’re not supposed to compare our grief to others, how do we know when we might need support?

One helpful way is to look at your own baseline—how things were for you before your loss.

For example, if sleep has always been difficult, it may continue to be. But if you were sleeping well before and now you’re struggling with insomnia, that shift might be a sign that you need additional support.

In this video, we explore the difference between comparing your grief to others and paying attention to meaningful changes in your own experience.

Practical conversations about grief, coping, and living after loss.

👉 Follow for more tools to navigate grief and difficult emotions and visit www.thegriefgurus.com for more support.

05/06/2026

No One Gets It (And That’s Not a Bad Thing)

One of the hardest parts of grief is realizing that no one will fully understand your experience.

That can feel deeply isolating.

But there can also be something unexpectedly freeing in that truth—because it means you don’t have to explain, justify, or measure your grief against anyone else’s.

In this video, we explore both sides of that reality: the loneliness of not being fully understood, and the quiet relief of being allowed to grieve in your own way.

Practical conversations about grief, coping, and living after loss.

👉 Follow for more tools to navigate grief and difficult emotions and visit www.thegriefgurus.com for more support.

05/04/2026

Comparison Is the Killer of Joy—Especially in Grief

Grief doesn’t move in a straight line—and it doesn’t look the same for anyone.

When we start comparing how we’re grieving to others, it can quietly make things heavier. As Teresa Amabile has shared, comparison can be the “killer of joy.” That’s especially true in grief.

In this video, we explore why your grief won’t follow a predictable path—and why trusting your own experience matters more than measuring it against someone else’s.

This is part 1 of a 3-part series on letting go of the idea that there’s a “right way” to grieve.

Practical conversations about grief, coping, and living after loss.

👉 Follow for more tools to navigate grief and difficult emotions and visit www.thegriefgurus.com for more support.

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