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Don’t Believe it ONE, little bit!!You have got this !!!!💪😻😘
07/08/2026

Don’t Believe it ONE, little bit!!

You have got this !!!!
💪😻😘

Today, I just want to acknowledge all Mothers. 🌷Not just for the love they gave…but for the sacrifices so many quietly c...
10/05/2026

Today, I just want to acknowledge all Mothers. 🌷

Not just for the love they gave…
but for the sacrifices so many quietly carried every single day.

The sacrifices through their bodies.
Through exhaustion.
Through missed dreams, delayed careers, sleepless nights, worry, and the constant putting of others before themselves.

So many mothers spent years making sure everyone else felt happy, safe, loved, comforted, and seen…
often while silently carrying their own pain, needs, and tiredness in the background.

I know I would not be who I am today without my beautiful Mum sacrificing so much for me to simply be here, to grow, to feel loved, and to become the person I am still becoming. 🤍

And I never want to forget that kind of love.

A love that gives without keeping score.
A love that holds people together when they are falling apart.
A love that continues long after moments have passed.

So today is also for the people missing their Mum deeply.
For the hearts carrying an empty place that no one else can fill.
For those wishing for one more hug, one more conversation, one more moment.

Grief can feel especially loud today.
Not because love is gone…
but because love was so real, so deep, so unforgettable that it still echoes through everything.

Sometimes we still find them in little things…
A song.
A smell.
A recipe.
A sunset.
A feather crossing our path at the exact moment we needed it. 🕊️

And to anyone reading this who has ever needed a mother’s care, softness, or safety…

Please know this:
You never have to earn love to deserve it.

If you ever need someone to listen, to care, to see you, or to remind you that you matter…
I will always try to be a shoulder for those who need one.

Not because I have to.
But because love like that should continue forward.

May today be gentle with every heart.
Especially the ones carrying both deep love and deep loss. 🤍 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Genna Gemits ###

13/12/2025

Some days, getting out of bed is resilience.
Some days, breathing through the ache is strength.
Some days, choosing not to numb, not to run, not to pretend you’re “fine” is the bravest thing you’ll do.

Grief doesn’t ask you to be strong every day.
It asks you to be honest.
To listen to your body.
To soften instead of push.
To rest when the world tells you to power through.

If today feels heavy, you are not failing.
You are feeling.
And that, too, is healing.

Be gentle with yourself today.
We’re walking this with you 🤍

— The Grief Healing Institute

09/10/2025

❤️ Hope for you tomorrow ❤️

💜There will come a day when your heart doesn’t ache quite the same way.
When laughter feels safe again.
When the sunrise looks a little softer, and life starts to whisper “you’re allowed to begin again.”

💜Healing doesn’t mean forgetting.
It means slowly remembering how to live — with love still present, just carried differently.

💜If you’re in that space between heartbreak and hope, keep going.
You’re not broken. You’re becoming. 🤍

— The Grief Healing Institute

💔To the Strong Women in Our Lives We’ve LostTo Our Mothers and our Mother-in-laws. ( A post in honour of our Nona VIP 1/...
01/08/2025

💔To the Strong Women in Our Lives We’ve Lost

To Our Mothers and our Mother-in-laws.
( A post in honour of our Nona VIP 1/08/2025 & Yiayia 14/07/2014)

Two different relationships. Two different kinds of love.
But both were pillars, women who shaped us, held space for us, and in their own ways, wanted nothing more than to see us thrive.

What hurts the most isn’t just our own grief.
It’s knowing our children will never fully have these role models in their lives.

They’ll grow up without their voices, their hugs, their wisdom tucked into the corners of everyday life.

🫂As humans, we need mother’s and grandmothers who love us unconditionally.

Women who lift us up.
Who clap for us when we rise.
Who sit beside us when we fall apart.
Who remind us who we are, even when we forget.

And as a mother now, that absence runs even deeper.

To anyone grieving a mother, a mother-in-law, or any woman who ever stood in your corner

We see you. We feel it too. 🫂👩‍❤️‍👩👨‍❤️‍👨

And we hope today, you feel the love they left behind… in your smile, in your strength, in the way you show up for others.

Let’s take a moment to honour these women and the imprint they leave behind.
Their absence is felt. Their presence remembered.

One breath, one memory, one day at a time. 🤍

🫶11 Years Without My Mum 🕊️🏠For a long time, I thought I had to find solid ground a permanent home in the darkness of gr...
14/07/2025

🫶11 Years Without My Mum 🕊️

🏠For a long time, I thought I had to find solid ground a permanent home in the darkness of grief.

But instead, I found places to pause…
⛺To pitch a tent, 🔥light a bonfire, and 🫁catch my breath.

They weren’t destinations they were sacred stops.Moments to rest, reflect, and keep going.

Step by step. Breath by breath.

I chose not to let the pain drown me.
Not to let it steal the life my children deserve or the life my mum gave me.
They didn’t choose this loss. Neither did I.
But I did choose what came next.

Those early days were loud with heartbreak.
I thought grief would swallow me whole.
But over time, I realised: darkness has its place, but it does not get to define me.

What’s carried me through isn’t the absence of pain It’s the presence of meaning & knowledge.
Of small fires in the night.
Of quiet moments when I whispered, Not today. I will not be lose this fight.

If I could tell my younger self anything, it’s this:
There’s no shame in needing rest.
No failure in pitching a tent.
And no dishonour in continuing on.

Loss taught me how to feel
not just pain, but the depth of love that made it hurt.

How to honour the loss while making room for life.
How to live fully, even with the ache.
Not as something to forget but something sacred I carry.

It softened me.
It stripped away the noise.
And it reminded me: every breath is a gift.

I remember what it’s like to feel broken and isolated while the rest world steams forward.An utter silence where all you can hear is your heart aching.

“Now I became who I once needed.”

Healing begins when we are witnessed not judged, not rushed. Just met, in love, exactly where we are.

This is how I honour my mum.
By living. By feeling.
By walking with others and beside hand in hand.

☀️11 years later…
Grief still visits.
But now, so do peace, purpose, and a fierce love that reaches back to the girl I was
and forward to light the way for someone else.

For her.
For me.
For you.

🔥 “Gratitude is not a cure for grief.”“Telling someone to ‘focus on the positives’ during deep loss isn’t uplifting — it...
08/07/2025

🔥 “Gratitude is not a cure for grief.”

“Telling someone to ‘focus on the positives’ during deep loss isn’t uplifting — it can be invalidating.”

You can be:
💔 grieving and 🙏 grateful
🌧️ devastated and 🌅 hopeful
🕯️ still missing them and ✨ still growing

Grief doesn’t need to be “reframed.”
It needs to be felt. Witnessed. Honoured.

Let’s stop using positivity to silence pain.

Happy Mother’s DayFrom the Grief Healing InstituteToday we hold space for the complex tapestry of emotions that this day...
11/05/2025

Happy Mother’s Day
From the Grief Healing Institute

Today we hold space for the complex tapestry of emotions that this day can bring.

For some, it’s a celebration filled with flowers, laughter, and hugs.

For others, it’s a quiet ache, a longing, a remembering.
And for many, it’s both.

To those who still have their mothers may you treasure the moments,no matter how simple.

Let yourself melt into her hug.
Let your body, your nervous system, find rest in her presence for she may have been the first one who ever helped you feel safe in this world.

To those who have lost their mothers
we’re thinking of you today.
There are no words to truly fill the shape of that absence.
But know this: grief is love that never had a place to go, and in that love, your mother still lives within you.

To those who are navigating complicated relationships,
who never had the mother they needed,
or are grieving what could have been
we honor your experience too.
Your pain is valid. Your journey matters.

Mother’s Day can stir so much within us:
Joy, sadness, gratitude, longing, and love.
All of it belongs.
And all of it is welcome here.

So wherever you are today whether surrounded by family,
or quietly moving through your own emotions
know that you’re not alone.

From our hearts to yours,

Happy Mother’s Day.
May today meet you gently, exactly where you are.

Easter is not just about new life.It’s also about death.About what ends, often unwillingly, painfully, far too soon.Befo...
18/04/2025

Easter is not just about new life.
It’s also about death.
About what ends, often unwillingly, painfully, far too soon.

Before the resurrection came the cross.
Before the light returned, there was darkness, silence, and sorrow.

For those of us grieving, Easter can stir more pain than celebration.
It can bring up memories, longings, and the unbearable absence of someone we wish was still here.

But Easter also holds a sacred message for the grieving:
That death is not the end of connection.
That love doesn’t vanish with the physical body.
That something eternal lives on unseen, but deeply felt.

You are not imagining things.
You are not foolish for still feeling their presence.
You’re not ‘crazy’ for sensing them near love knows no timeline, and connection doesn’t end at goodbye.

Easter reminds us that energy does not die.
That love is a divine force infinite, uncontainable, and forever reaching across the veil.

And in that truth, we find a kind of peace. Not the kind that fixes the pain,
but the kind that allows us to feel grace,
and to open to the sacred presence of those who have gone before us.

Today, we invite you to connect with your loved one in whatever way feels true.
Light a candle. Whisper their name. Watch for signs. Sit in stillness for the mind and body through meditation.

Easter isn’t only about what was lost
it’s also about what still lives on.

With tenderness and understanding,
The Grief Healing Institute

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