Grief teaches us how to carry love forward in a new way.

- Jay Shetty.

It’s normal to hope there’s an end to grieving… to hope there will be a moment when the pain disappears, and life returns to how it was.

But grief evolves over time, and that evolution can feel deeply isolating.

When you’re grieving, it can feel like no one else is speaking your language. That’s why it’s important to learn how others live with grief… not how they move on from it, but how they move with it.

In our shared stories, we remember we’re not alone in carrying what feels so heavy, and when we feel less alone, we have space to notice how healing actually happens.

The truth is, healing rarely comes from big breakthroughs. It usually comes from small, everyday rituals. (Learn more in the “Today’s Wiser Choice” section below!)

• Making your favorite meal

• Taking time to quietly reflect

• Going for a walk outside in nature

These moments don’t take the pain away, but they give grief somewhere gentle to land.

In my interview with Nicole Avant, she shared a powerful reframe on grief:

Instead of looking at loss as only an ending filled with shock and pain, we can look at loss from the lens of “AND”.

• Losing someone is painful, AND you choose to celebrate their life.
• You can carry the hurt, AND you can positively reflect on your memories.

The “AND” gives you permission to hold complexity without guilt.

It reminds you that grief doesn’t ask you to choose between pain and love.

Both belong.

Grief is a hard journey that ebbs and flows, but when you keep love at the center of your healing, you don’t erase the loss. You honour it.

And learning how to honour both is one of the bravest acts of love there is