To live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.

~Mary Oliver

#livingandgrieving #grief
#griefsupport

A white background with a vertical row of colourful hearts in red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, purple and pink. Next to each heart are handwritten affirmations in black text about uncertainty being a space to grow, there being room for both fear and courage, breathing helping bring steadiness, this moment being enough, being more than fears, the nervous system learning, and thoughts being visitors. The tone feels warm, reassuring and supportive. Picture by @anxiety.positive

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.” Viktor E. Frankl

There’s lots of pressure that can build quickly. A breath, a pause, a moment can help create a bit of space.

You are enough.

#kindness #SelfCompassion

Art by anxiety positive

THIS IS GOING OUT TO ALL MEN...DONT TALK TO ME ABOUT...NOT ALL MEN... THAT'S A FUCKING
COP OUT...HEAL YOUR WOUNDS,FACE YOURSELF,OWN YOUR SHADOWS,BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SPEAK OUT & STAND UP...

ANYTHING LESS AND YOUR PART OF PERPETUATING THE VIOLENCE

#itendswithme #rapeculture #endviolenceagainstwomen

There's a difference between functional grief, avoidant grief & unprocessed grief:

Functional grief: action is part of processing

Avoidant grief: action is a way to avoid processing

Unprocessed grief: grief has been postponed & stored. It will eventually demand attention

#grief #griefsupport

Unprocessed grief is grief that hasn’t been metabolized by the nervous system. It stays in the body & psyche often leaking out over time.

It's a person who truly believes they’re fine but their body, relationships,or mental health tell a different story.

#grief #griefsupport
#mentalhealthawareness

Oh, that makes so much sense. Your body learned early that tears weren’t safe. The fact that you’re able to meet those parts now with tenderness is already a kind of healing. Go slowly, stay gentle safety is the doorway, not force. You’re not broken… you’re protecting. 💞🪷

A lot of people equate grief with crying, sadness, collapse, depression, or dramatic loss. So if they’re functioning, productive, and fine, they assume grief isn’t present. There's such a thing as unprocessed grief.

#grief #griefsupport
#mentalhealthawareness

we must have the stubbornness
to accept our gladness
in the ruthless furnace of this world

- jack gilbert

white petals
cigarette butts
plastic bottle caps
wads of packaging
climbing the stairs
with each step
throat tightens
billowing clouds
in powder blue

#poetry #grief

The weight of an unsaid goodbye is a heavy thing to carry.
Perhaps peace doesn't come from finding the perfect ending, but from realizing that love isn't contained in a final scene.

If you’re sitting with the ache of an unfinished story today, know that you aren't alone. ❤

Ralston Bowles - Fragile [Live] YouTube video by Impact 89FM | WDBM-FM

#Tobehuman is to live in that unfinished space...always becoming, falling short of our own ideals, trying to repair what we didn’t mean to break.

Maybe that’s what makes us sacred: our capacity to return,to soften,to try again. While knowing we're breakable,we're unfinished, we're #fragile

#grief

Grief must be externalized. Our pain and sadness can be fully realized only when we release them.

~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

#grief #grieving
#griefsupport

sacred
ground
earth roots
holding
together
as drops
of rain
seep in
light
touching
the dark
life begins

#poetry

Fuel your creative engines.

#7syllablesentence

after the splash
ripple upon ripple
until sinking
to depths
unknown

#tanka #poetry

wildflowers
whisper
don't just
exist...
show your
true colors
live life
unfiltered

#Cassiopeian #poetry

underneath
a weeping willow
flows a stream
gurgling laughter
as it passes
each daisies smile
until it reaches
the woodland pond
an elfland portal
where fairies
and fauns dance
in silvered moonlight

#unknownfairytales
#inkMine #poetry

Grief shows just how fragile everything is...

#Grief #Griefsupport
#grieving #sorrow

Fresh spring leaves unfolding after an April snow storm

To be able
to feel
is sacred
in the midst
of a world
that feeds
on starving
the soul

#poetry

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An invitation for a free online intro grief circle I'm holding this Sunday from 6-7:15pm CET time

A description about the circle

A description of what we will do during the grief circle

A description of who this circle is for

This Sunday from 6-7:15 pm CET I’m holding an ONLINE Intro Grief Circle as a gentle entry point into the 8-Month Grief Journey offering I've created.

Grief is often carried quietly, rushed, or minimized. It deserves a space where it can be met with presence, not pressure. 💜

#grief #griefsupport

A wood flower drenched in melting snow in an April snow storm

One of the most healing things you can do for your nervous system is to stop living like everything is an emergency.

~Helen Marie

#nervoussystemregulation
#healingjourney #cptsd

Echoes of children laughing

#7syllablesentence

An inner light of life force

#7syllablesentence

Flow requires a kind of surrender: surrendering control...surrendering perfection...surrendering the need to look competent while doing it.

#flow #waterwednesday
#healing #traumarecovery

Real courage is letting someone witness your unfinished pieces…..

Sending a little extra light to anyone navigating the "last act of love" today. You aren’t alone in the shadows. 🕯️ #grief

The Danube river flowing by a sleepy little Austrian village where spring is just beginning to paint the canvas with every shade of life

Life is not disposable. Love exists everywhere, and we’re meant to respond when it calls.

#honorthesacred #weboflife

The male swan "coerced" the young man to save his wife, it was really so full of spirituality. YouTube video by Beast & Bond

This video of a swan trying to revive his mate…touched me to the core. It reminded me that grief isn’t only human. Devotion isn’t only human. The web of life is alive with bonds we barely understand. May we treat it all with more reverence and respect.

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