Walking With Grief - A Path of Connection

Grief isn't a moment. It's a landscape.

And sometimes, the path of healing leads us straight through the centre of it - raw, silent, uncertain.

As I walk through my own grief this season, I find comfort in what does not demand words:

• the rustle of wind through the trees

• the feel of a stone in my hand

• the breath that reminds me: I'm still here

Body:

What I've learned - through my therapeutic training as a psychotherapeutic counsellor and Shamanic Reiki Master, and my own lived experience - is that grief needs space.

It asks not to be "processed" or "fixed", but witnessed, gently.

This is the same space I hold for my clients - a soft, steady place where grief can breathe alongside creativity, breath and nature.

If you are walking with grief, here is a gently practice:

1. Take a short walk

2. Choose an object that catches your eye - a stone, a fallen leaf ...

3. Sit with it. Breathe, Ask: "What does this remind me of?"

4. Free-write (or voice record to write later) for 3 minutes - without editing. Let your heart speak. Let it shape something.

These are the ways we connect:

We can connect with ourselves, with spirit, with one another by pausing to listen. Being in quiet observation can bring inner wisdom from a voice that may otherwise be unheard.

If you feel called to explore further, I hold space through:

• One to One Psychotherapeutic Counselling online or in-person

• Monthly online workshops (with a theme each month exploring different creative mediums)

• Meditation courses to calm the nervous system - next one starts in September

• Soul Portrait Workshops to Reclaim your soul voice

• Root and Rise - a three month deep dive to ignite your soul

Warm wishes,

Amanda