Grief, Loss & Transition
Our world of fast-paced, performative living can be very grief-avoidant and space for loss and transition is often squeezed out and rushed. Meeting yourself exactly where you are and knowing it is ok to be at whatever stage of grief you are, is a vital part of the process, which can be helped when held with compassion and understanding by a fellow traveller. Henny’s experience and compassion give you a safe space to land and start to process the big transitions through loss and grief.
Sharing the journey
If you are experiencing grief, allowing someone to share in your grief journey with you, holding the space for the pain and longing of loss can ease the weight of grief and make it less lonely. Society as we know it is not truly grief literate and phrases like ‘it is for the best’, ‘they are in a better place’, ‘at least they’re not suffering anymore’ are all platitudes that do not help – they are someone saying I can’t handle this pain please don’t bring it my way, I don’t want to feel this. So grieving can be a very lonely process, isolating and difficult. After a while, there is an expectancy that you will move on and all of that grieving and loss will be in the past.
Photographs and illustrations by Henny Donovan.
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