03/01/2026
Goodbye February (With no sparkly highlight reel in sight) 👋🏼
February was one of the most challenging months of my 33 years. I’m moving into March carrying both grief and growth, changed in ways I didn’t ask for, but changed nonetheless.
Hard seasons come for all of us. They’re part of being human. Here are a few things that are supporting me through a difficult time and some perspectives that will guide me moving forward.
🌿 Connection matters.
We are not meant to navigate pain alone. Reaching out to trusted people and allowing them to show up softens what can otherwise feel unbearable. Support is not weakness, it is essential for healing.
🌿 Vulnerability is strength.
There is something really empowering about being honest about your experience. We often try to hide when we’re struggling, but being seen in our pain by people who love us can be profoundly reparative.
🌿 Feelings are temporary, even when they don’t feel that way.
When you’re in the middle of it, it can feel endless. But emotional states shift. Hard days do not last forever. Holding onto that truth, even loosely can be a small anchor of hope.
🌿 Lead with kindness.
You truly never know what someone is going through. Grief, fear, private battles!! Kindness costs nothing but can mean everything.
🌿 Savour the good.
Joy deserves our attention so much more than we give it! When life feels light, pause in it. Appreciate it. Those moments are not to be rushed past. Too often we wish away our lives or get so caught up in what’s next. Enjoy when things are good because in the blink of an eye they could be gone.
🌿 Resilience isn’t the absence of pain.
If you’ve come through something hard, it doesn’t mean it didn’t hurt. It means you endured it. And that endurance says something about your strength, even if you didn’t feel strong at the time.
If February was heavy for you too or life is feeling unkind, I hope March brings even a small exhale 💚
