Grieving Is Breathing

10/13/2026

Yeaahhh unfortunately grief follows you to work. It’s not something you can leave and pick up at will like a backpack. It’s definitely going to show up at work at some point in some manner.

And it the circumstance could be the further thing from your mind. “Oh wow, what a beautiful day” and grief say “heres 27 memories of your loved one”

It happens so quick too. Don’t be scared, just be aware it’s gonna happen

10/13/2026

10/11/2026

Add overwhelming emotions to grief and it feels like the weight of the world is on your shoulders.

It feels heavy because of the what follows. The emotions, the need to still provide, and yes even the weight of pretending you’re ok.

If can feel as if no one understands, and no one may know exactly how you feel, but there are many who understand the crushing weight of losing someone special. It can feel easy to isolate, and there’s a difference between being alone for time to process and completing isolating ourselves.

Sometimes we do need to lean on the love of others. Because there are many who care to understand.

10/08/2026

Grief has a place in our life. It’s not what we want to hear, but it’s true. Because we can’t stop grief, it’s better not to fight it. The more we fight against grief, the harder it gets.

But letting grief in our grief helps us process immense loss. It doesn’t mean we give up, but we do develop skills that allow us to manage our grief and cope when it gets to be overwhelming.

It’s also important to remember you don’t need to tackle all your grief at once. When you look to process or sit with it small amount of time it can give you the control we feel we’ve lost

10/07/2026

You may have heard the phrase “I didn’t understand until I was in it” and that’s how grief can be. If you’ve never experienced it it doesn’t mean you can’t empathize or look to understand just how much it changes you or makes you feel

But when you’re in grief and experiencing it, it changes your perspective and you hit yourself with these words “I understand now”

It’s like a picture. I can describe grief to you and tell you everything about it. But when you’re actually there, the sights and smells are now vivid and real. There are surroundings not in that picture, that you can now see; and that’s grief.

So if you haven’t experienced grief yet, continue to support and empathize with your friends who are. We hope you leave have to experience grief, but we know everyone will at some point

10/06/2026

Guilt and grief are synonymous. There’s a betrayal you feel doing things without them. It almost feels like you’re being unfaithful to someone you know would be okay with the decisions you’re currently making.

But our brain doesn’t se with that way. It like “how can you be happy when they can’t?” “How can you even enjoy anything right now?”

And it’s easier said than done to have kindness and compassion as that grief hits you. But much can be learned by letting grief be there and just talking it out. We may find that those feelings we have after sitting with them pass, and it allows us to move forward or to laugh without that judgement from ourselves. And again, it’s easier said than done