Patti Broadfoot RSW - Counselling

02/10/2026

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Spousal Loss Grief Support Group
Part of our Monthly Journey through Grief Series

The loss of a spouse or partner can feel uniquely overwhelming and deeply disorienting. This one-time supportive gathering offers a compassionate space to connect with others who understand the depth, complexity, and individuality of spousal grief.

Discussion topics include:
• Why spousal loss is unique
• The many layers of spousal grief
• Why this loss can feel so disorienting
• Understanding that no two losses are the same

📅 Tuesday, February 24, 2026
🕙 10:00 AM – 12:00 NOON
📍 St. Joseph’s Hospice
485 Windermere Road, London, ON

To RSVP or learn more:
📞 519-931-3474
✉️ admin.assistant@sjhospicelondon.ca

There is no cost to attend. All are welcome.

02/06/2026

Looking for calm?

You don’t have to breathe deeper.
You don’t have to “relax.”
You don’t have to get it right.

A longer exhale is the same cue your body naturally uses to settle — like sighing or yawning.
When you breathe out longer than you breathe in, you activate the parasympathetic nervous system — the part responsible for rest, digestion, and regulation.

Try this:
Inhale for 4
Exhale for 8
Repeat a few rounds.

No forcing.
Just following your body’s own language.

Save this for later 🤍

02/06/2026

Did you know? Have you see this? What has your experience been?

02/04/2026

Burnout doesn’t always announce itself.
It doesn’t always look like falling apart.

Sometimes it looks like pulling back.
Feeling flat or irritable.
Going through the motions while telling yourself, *“I should be fine.”*

If this resonates, it’s not a personal failing.
It’s often a nervous system that’s been holding too much for too long.

Healing doesn’t have to be dramatic, either.
Sometimes it begins with slowing down,
softening the pressure,
and treating yourself with more care than you think you deserve.

If this resonates with you, know you’re not alone. 🤍

02/01/2026

Some objects don’t just sit there.
They link us to the person we still grieve.

A mug.
A jacket.
A chair by the window.

They aren’t holding the grief.
They’re holding the connection.

This is how connection continues.
It doesn’t end.
Through what we remember.
Through what still matters.

In memory.
In meaning.

If this resonates, you’re not alone. 🤍

01/31/2026

01/25/2026

I don’t know about you, but the world is feeling really heavy to me right now.

Not always in a loud way — more like a constant weight in the background. A bit of panic, a bit of bracing, a lot of tired.

If you’re feeling that too, you’re not imagining it. I think many of us are carrying this.

Sometimes the most helpful thing we can do is pause…
feel our feet…
and anchor back to steady.

I wrote more about this in my latest blog. 🤍

The world feels heavy right now. Even if you’re not “in it.” Even if nothing is wrong on paper. You don’t have to be directly affected to feel the impact. Our nervous systems respond to uncertainty, instability, and what we’re taking in — often before we can make sense of it. If panic fe...

01/19/2026

The emotions of grief ….

01/19/2026

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01/14/2026

"Grief and joy arrive together more often than we expect. Not fighting, not taking turns. Just here.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​"

Joy can coexist with grief or sorrow and laughter can share space with pain. There is nothing “wrong” with you if your days are still feeling tough—you’re not a burden, you’re human. Setting the expectation that some days will be hard and others will be easier, that you can hold struggle in one hand and joy in the other, can help you navigate loss and hardship.

🎨 Art by Alessandra Olanow (aolanow on Instagram)