

So, You Can Always Find Your Way Home
There are moments in life that change us forever. Some arrive with joy. Others arrive with heartbreak. Either way, they leave us standing at the edge of a life we no longer recognize, wondering how to move forward. I've learned this firsthand. In November 2023, my family celebrated Christmas early. We knew my son Dylan's time with us was limited. After a courageous battle with leukemia, we were running out of time. So, we decided not to wait for December. We decorated. We exc


Healing Grief in the Body
Losing my son Dylan changed the way I understood grief. Before losing him, I thought grief lived mostly in the heart and mind. Sadness. Missing someone. Memories. Tears. But after he died, I realized grief lives in the body too. It lived in the tightness in my chest that never fully left. In the exhaustion that sleep could not fix. In the heaviness in my arms. In the constant feeling that my nervous system no longer knew how to rest. There were days I could not explain what w


How to Nourish Your Body Through Grief — A Gentle Guide
Grief and food have a complicated relationship. Some of us lose our appetites entirely — going days without a real meal, surviving on tea and crackers and the occasional piece of toast. Others find themselves eating compulsively, reaching for comfort in the only place that feels accessible. Most of us move between the two without understanding why our relationship with nourishment has changed so completely. After I lost my son Dylan, I spent weeks barely eating. I am a Regist


