Bereavement Is Bigger Than Grief

Most of us use the words grief and bereavement as though they mean the same thing – I certainly did. It wasn’t until I lost one of my closest friends, and later completed Death Walker training with Zenith Virago, that I realised they describe very different parts of the same journey. Understanding that difference changed […]
The Weight and Privilege of Bearing Witness

Some months in this work pass quietly. Others change you. A reflection on five services, six lives, and what grief – in all its forms – continues to teach me.
Grief Is Love and Pain, Walking Side by Side

Most of us expect grief to feel like one thing. But grief is love and pain walking side by side – and sometimes, in the right moment, that becomes something quietly extraordinary.