23/02/2026
GRIEF
First day back with Talk About It Mate
and with the new year just behind us it made me think about the “new year new me” slogan. Do we every year grieve the “old “ us for the new one? Can one grieve over a future or career we thought we wanted?
A tough topic for sure, but a valuable one and I appreciate all the guys being so vulnerable with me toward this topic. Grief doesn’t always correlate with death it can refer to a loss of a relationship, loss of identity, health changes, life transitions, missing or lost dreams/careers.
The conversations revolving round this shown strength, vulnerability and resilience. I asked the guys to creatively demonstrate what grief feels like - the pic shown above, shows a honey badger.
The honey badger is one of the most fearless creatures on earth, and after plenty of discussion of this image “resilience” kept popping up. The second half was to represent what’s left - which was a a hole left behind.
Moral of the post: Allow yourself to be vulnerable, it’s okay to miss things that were once there or were what you wanted in the past or even wish you had. Grief helps you process reality, honour attachments/ connectivity and deepens your sense of meaning.
