Grief Connect

22/12/2025

Gentle guidance to help you think through what you need, what you can manage, and what might make the day a little smoother when you’re missing someone you love.

21/12/2025

And we come together to grieve. 💔❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

21/12/2025

It’s Always That Build Up to Christmas Day…

Our grief can be compounded by the shops filling their stores with overly stimulating Christmas decorations and things to buy.

The lights, the carols, the Christmas outfits, the Christmas earrings. Urgh all that stuff so early in the shops in November does my head in!

So, without even trying, all that can magnify the absence of our person.

If you’re missing someone and not feeling the Christmas spirit…and instead feeling the Christmas GRUMP.... that’s OK.

It’s OK not to feel like celebrating, and it’s OK to step back if that feels more helpful.

Sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is give ourselves permission to feel what we feel, without forcing joy.

You don't have to feel guilty about not feeling the Christmas spirit, it can be so hard to feel it when grief is big.

Be gentle on yourself over Christmas.
And just go with how you are feeling, no matter what that looks like. It's OK.

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21/12/2025

Small simple things to bring sparkle into Christmas grief can help.

21/12/2025

Social media posts seem to all about everyone taking a break, time off, going on holidays, off to enjoy their family time, with their people who are alive. Great for them, and we can feel happy for them, but sometimes, this is hard to feel when grief is heavy.

Seeing these posts may amplify feelings of loneliness, and isolation.

When we are grieving and missing our person, seeing all of these social media posts can feel like a smack in the face, a sharp reminder that our person is not here to spend Christmas with us, that can contribute to feelings of numbness, anger, fury, sadness, hopeless... the list goes on and on.

Just know, that you are not alone in this!!

So what can you do to take control of the barrage of happy holiday posts??

It's OK to hit the pause button on social media, or if it is a lifeline for you, it's ok to press the "hide" or "block" button - to social media posts that are not helpful.

20/12/2025

When grief feels big, even basic tasks can feel out of reach.
So instead of focusing on those huge tasks that feel totally unreachable, you can start with something small and doable.

It can be a simple task or movement, such as stepping outside.
Changing your view.
Changing your scenery.

Letting your body move, even a little, can be really helpful.
You might not notice how it is helpful at the beginning, but add it all up, and they contribute to shifts in grief.

20/12/2025

Our thoughts and hearts are with the families and communities effected by this horrendous event. 🩷🤍🩷

It’s believed the pair were the first two victims of the Bondi terrorist attack. 📌 DETAILS: tinyurl.com/yeyjfvv7

20/12/2025

Watch to findout how simple tasks and moving can help ease your grief when it's big.

19/12/2025

I'm coming up to my 7th Christmas without Nathan this year. Each Christmas has been different. The first several were just... s**t (putting it lightly).
That's about the best I can do in terms of a one worded answer.
It was bad. Really bad.
I wasn't OK, and we as a family were struggling with our huge loss.
And it took us time, that felt like it would never pass, for us to find our new normal.

Time has moved, and it has changed - as has our grief.

As we approach 7 years now, grief for me has lightened, it has eased.

But we will always honour Nathan's life. I am very grateful for my family who also love to honour Nathan's life.
We talk about him, we share his crazy stories, we keep his memory alive for our kids and for each other.

Happy Christmas up there Nathan. We will always remember.

19/12/2025

In such tragedy and grief we find stregnth collectively.
And this is how we grieve - together.

As 700 people on boards formed a wide circle in the water this morning, the ocean briefly became something else entirely. https://bit.ly/3L65TMG