Grief support- Embrace Your Future

Grief support- Embrace Your Future Offering compassion, non judgemental support and a safe space to explore your emotions
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11/02/2026

This morning I had the joy of being a guest on a podcast with Sharna Southern — Trauma-Informed Pregnancy Loss Specialist and creator of The Pregnancy Loss Recovery Method 🤍
We talked about the time that so often isn’t discussed…
the gap between when a fertility journey ends and when a childless not by choice life begins. That in between stage can feel confusing, lonely, and incredibly emotional. You’re no longer trying, and you’re not yet sure who you are now, living a future you didn’t imagine.
Our conversation gently explored:
• the emotions that can surprise us
• the paths we may journey through
• the grief, humour, resistance and relief that can coexist
• and how joy doesn’t vanish, it simply takes a break
What stayed with me most was the reminder that colour and joy do return, when we give ourselves the time to process emotions, without rushing to fix ourselves, or bypassing grief.
So grateful to Sharna for creating such a compassionate and honest space for this conversation to take place.

10/02/2026

Anticipatory grief is not a weakness, it is a natural response to uncertainty and anticipated loss.

Many of us were raised not to talk about grief at all, so we lack the language and struggle with compassion.

When grief stays taboo, people suffer silently.

When we normalise the conversation, we normalise being human.

Follow for more honest conversations about grief

I’ve created a gentle resource to support people living with grief and uncertainty link in bio.

09/02/2026

Grief doesn’t feel like resilience, it feels like vulnerability, being lost or stuck.

If you’ve been told how strong you are, but you don’t feel it, that’s okay. Resilience is something that grows later.
Not something you have to find now.

💛 If today feels like walking through quick sand, my Coping Mechanisms download offers simple ways to ground yourself. Link in bio or below 👇

09/02/2026

We rarely talk about the grief that comes before a loss. Whether it’s fear, embarrassment or shame, or perhaps the feeling of “I should be coping better than this.”

Anticipatory grief is real, and it’s far more common than we realise. If this resonates, you’re not alone, and you’re not failing at grief.

The Weight of Grief offers a gentle way to understand the many layers of grief we carry, often without naming them, and to begin treating yourself with kindness and compassion, instead of judgement.

Link in bio or below 👇

05/02/2026

This surprised me this week…

Sometimes on the CNBC journey it can feel like the emotions we carry are ours alone.

I was reminded this week that “losing yourself” isn’t unique to childlessness, it’s a common human experience.

Hearing a mum in an over 50s group say she no longer knew who she was beyond her children sparked something in me. Not comparison, but perhaps a sense of connection.

For a moment, it lessened that sense of being an “other”.

Our journeys are different, but the feelings can overlap. And sometimes recognising that brings a small measure of comfort.

💙 If this resonates, you’re not alone.

Does this feeling sound familiar?

04/02/2026

CNBC adds another layer to this fear.

When you’re childless not by choice, anticipatory grief can feel more acute and more isolating. The fear isn’t just “What if I lose my partner?”
It’s also “Who will I be then?”

“Who will witness my life?”

“Who will I grow old alongside?”

There’s often shame felt in admitting these fears, especially when the world assumes that we are stronger because we have already endured so much.

But these fears are logical, as they come from love, loss, and a life that hasn’t been lived as imagined.

If this resonates, please know this is a safe place to be vulnerable and acknowledge those fears, you are certainly not alone. 🤍

02/02/2026

So many of us experience grief before anything has even happened.
The fear of losing someone we love.
The unsettled feeling we don’t quite know how to name.

What often keeps this hidden is embarrassment and shame, the belief that no one else feels this way, or that talking about it somehow makes it worse.

Anticipatory grief is human and its normal, and when we share it, we feel seen and we feel validated. We remember we’re not alone.

I recorded this after visiting a lifestyle village and witnessing just how much unspoken anticipatory grief is being carried behind polite smiles.

If this resonates, my Layers of Grief guide gently explores the different forms grief can take, including the ones we rarely talk about.
✨ Available for $9 via the link in my bio.

29/01/2026

Grief first visits us around 3 yrs old, though depending on how our parents respond to us, can influence how we are affected by it. It visits us numerous times throughout life- loss of a long term friend, parents divorcing, loss of grandparents etc.

If we have good support, we can work through these emotions, if we don’t, we can accumulate grief.

When we recognise that CNBC is our story, those unprocessed grief events can join in, making our grief feel so overwhelming. We don’t necessarily understand that is what is happening, we can be quite confused by our range of emotions, and what memories resurface.

We all have a back story, and this is incredibly relevant when a significant grief event is experienced. The grief from CNBC is incredibly complex and multi layered in itself. Add on our past hurt, and wow, we can find ourselves in a place we never imagined. The most complex grief I work with is from those in the CNBC community without doubt💞

Complex grief makes sense when we understand the whole story.

28/01/2026

Grief first visits us around 3 yrs old, though depending on how our parents respond to us, can influence how we are affected by it. It visits us numerous times throughout life- loss of a long term friend, parents divorcing, loss of grandparents etc.
if we have good support, we can work through these emotions, if we don’t, we can accumulate grief.
When we recognise that CNBC is our story, those unprocessed grief events can join in, making our grief feel so overwhelming. We don’t necessarily understand that is what is happening, we can be quite confused by our range of emotions, and what memories resurface.
We all have a back story, and this is incredibly relevant when a significant grief event is experienced. The grief from CNBC is incredibly complex and multi layered in itself. Add on our past hurt, and wow, we can find ourselves in a place we never imagined.

The most complex grief I work with is from those in the CNBC community without doubt💞

If this feels like you, you are NOT broken, you are normal.

Reach out to me when you are ready for some non judgemental and compassionate support💞

28/01/2026

This was the original post that my video responds to 👇

“I’ve been thinking about something lately and curious if it resonates… I wonder if everyone, at some point in life, experiences grief over an identity they built outside themselves. The only real difference between the childfree/childless and parents might be when on the timeline this happens. We encounter that identity loss and grief sooner - sometimes in our 30s, 40s, when we realize ‘mother’ won’t be part of our story. Parents often face it later - when kids leave, when the role that consumed decades suddenly shifts. Either way, it fundamentally changes us.

That reckoning with who we are when an expected identity dissolves. Does this land for anyone else? Or am I overthinking it at 2am?”

Several people messaged me after I shared this saying, “This explains so much.”

That’s the space The Weight of Grief was created for — when something clicks, but you still need help gently unpacking it.
It explores layered grief, accumulated loss, and why CNBC grief can feel so consuming.

If this post resonated, you may find this supportive.

💞 $9 | Link in bio

22/01/2026

“We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” – Oprah Winfrey

Grief changes us.
It challenges our old identity, routines, and even the dreams we once held.

But within that painful change lies the possibility of becoming someone new, someone shaped by compassion, courage, and deep self understanding.

Change doesn’t mean forgetting who we were. It means allowing ourselves to grow beyond the loss.

💬 Message me if you’d like support in your own transformation journey.

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