For most of us, there is grief waiting to be felt & honored underneath the surface.

We live in a culture that minimizes, ignores & stuffs it away.

So many of us were taught that IF we are going to grieve, it should be done in private.

Hidden away from others to see & witness.

We’ve been taught it’s messy & not welcome. 

 

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We believe the opposite - grief is longing to be felt & shared in community.

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We believe the grief longs for a witness, a space to be held & seen with loving care.

We have found that being in spaces that allow grief to move through are not only healing but transformational. Turning towards the mini & big sorrows of our day to day lives is also turning towards what we love.

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So many of us were taught that grief arises mainly when we lose something or someone we love. A death of a family member, pet, dear friend, etc. But grief is alive even in the moments of change & growth we’ve been praying for for years. A marriage. Welcoming a child into the world. Moving to a place you feel called & more at home. Graduating from school. Growing older & wiser...

 

Once we expand our lens on what grief is, how it shows up in us individually & arrive in spaces that welcome the naming, feeling & honoring of its presence, life becomes much more rich, vivid & full spectrum. Like the quote says below, “to honor your grief is . . . life-sustaining and life-giving.” 

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"To honor your grief is not self-destructive or harmful, it is life-sustaining and life-giving, and it ultimately leads you back to love again. In this way, love is both the cause and the antidote.”

– Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph. D.