Kintsugi Grief Center

Kintsugi Grief Center Providing Grief Support Groups, Community, and Truth Talks about Grief

Learning how to love you in absence.Learning how to carry what I never wanted to let go.Learning that healing isn’t forg...
11/15/2025

Learning how to love you in absence.

Learning how to carry what I never wanted to let go.
Learning that healing isn’t forgetting — it’s finding new ways to live with what remains 💜

If this is your heart too, you’re not alone.
We learn together, one breath, one memory, one moment at a time. 🌿

Thinking of you on this Sunday 💜Many of you know I created Kintsugi Grief Center because I know how much we need each ot...
11/09/2025

Thinking of you on this Sunday 💜

Many of you know I created Kintsugi Grief Center because I know how much we need each other in loss. Healing in community has been one of the most powerful parts of my own journey — finding spaces where grief is honored, not rushed or fixed.

If you’re looking for connection and understanding, I’d love to have you join us — in a group, a retreat, or simply by being part of this community.
🌿 You’re not alone in this.
With care,
Vanessa

11/09/2025

What a wonderful, beautiful nurturing morning we had together in our space . We are so grateful to have welcomed a very talented for her amazing sound bath magic! We are aware we sold out for this event which means in popular demand we will be having another very soon. Keep your eyes out for January!!!

When my husband died, I couldn’t find a young widows group. I felt lost, confused, and deeply alone — like no one could ...
11/07/2025

When my husband died, I couldn’t find a young widows group. I felt lost, confused, and deeply alone — like no one could possibly understand the quiet ache of my days or the emptiness of my new world.

I’ll never forget the moment I met another woman who had also lost her spouse on a walk one day at the park by my house. The way my body exhaled in her presence — the relief of being seen and known without having to explain. We could have sat across from each other for hours in silence and still understood every word. We’re friends to this day.

Connection doesn’t erase grief, but it helps carry it. When we find even one person who can meet us where we are, something in us begins to regulate — our breath, our heartbeat, our hope.

Ways connection can help you heal:
🤍 Sitting beside someone in silence
💬 Sharing a memory
📞 Reaching out when it feels hardest
🕯 Attending a grief group
☕ Meeting a friend for coffee, even when you don’t know what to say
🎨 Creating something together
🫶 Allowing yourself to be seen, just as you are

11/06/2025

The season of togetherness can also bring deep waves of absence — reminders of who isn’t here, and how much life has changed.

If you’re feeling the ache of that shift, know that you’re not alone.

Our Wednesday virtual grief support group is a space to share, listen, and breathe together in community. Join us www.kintsugigrief.com

Grief Is | Sibling LossGrieving a sibling is losing a piece of your own history — the person who shared your memories, y...
10/25/2025

Grief Is | Sibling Loss
Grieving a sibling is losing a piece of your own history — the person who shared your memories, your laughter, and your childhood moments.
It’s a grief that can feel both tender and invisible.

If you’ve lost a sibling, know that your love — and your grief — matter deeply. You are not alone in carrying both.

✨ You’re Invited: Kintsugi Connections & Coffee ✨Come join us for a heartwarming morning of coffee, connection, and comm...
09/10/2025

✨ You’re Invited: Kintsugi Connections & Coffee ✨

Come join us for a heartwarming morning of coffee, connection, and community at The Huntington Gardens, hosted by Kintsugi Legacy & Grief Center.

🗓️ Friday, September 19th
⏰ 9:00 – 10:00 AM
📍 Red Car Coffee Shop
1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, CA 91108

Grief can feel isolating, but you don’t have to walk this journey alone. Kintsugi Connections is a gentle space to gather, share, and feel seen by others who understand.

Whether you feel like listening, sharing, or just being present — you are welcome here. 💛

This gathering is lovingly offered by Kintsugi Legacy & Grief Center, where we honor healing through connection, story, and community.

☕ RSVP to let us know you’re coming — we’d love to welcome you.

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/kintsugi-and-coffee

Note: Admission to the gardens is not included. If you’d like to explore after coffee, you’re welcome to purchase a ticket separately.

When someone shares that they’ve lost a loved one, it can be tempting to ask “How did they die?” — but often this questi...
08/29/2025

When someone shares that they’ve lost a loved one, it can be tempting to ask “How did they die?” — but often this question doesn’t bring the comfort we intend.

For many grieving people, the how is not the most important part of their story. What they often need most is presence, compassion, and space to share in their own way. Asking about the details can unintentionally feel intrusive, or shift the focus away from their grief and love for the person they’ve lost.

Instead of asking about the circumstances, try offering something gentle like:
✨ “I’m so sorry for your loss.”
✨ “What was your loved one like?”
✨ “I’m here if you’d like to share more.”

Grief is deeply personal. Meeting it with care, curiosity about the person rather than the loss, and patience for someone’s process can create the safety we all long for in hard times.

Together, we can change the way we show up for one another in grief. 💛




When we lose someone we love, it can feel like the world expects us to move on and stop mentioning their name. But love ...
08/08/2025

When we lose someone we love, it can feel like the world expects us to move on and stop mentioning their name. But love doesn’t end.
Memories don’t expire.

Talk about them often.
Share their stories.
Say their name out loud.

Every time we remember, we honor the ways they shaped us and the love that still lives within us.

Today I carry you with me boldy and gently all at once

With warmth,
Vanessa

✨ You’re Invited: Kintsugi Connections & Coffee ✨Come join us for a heartwarming morning of coffee, connection, and comm...
08/07/2025

✨ You’re Invited: Kintsugi Connections & Coffee ✨

Come join us for a heartwarming morning of coffee, connection, and community at The Huntington Gardens, hosted by Kintsugi Legacy & Grief Center.

🗓️ Friday, August 15th
⏰ 9:00 – 10:00 AM
📍 Red Car Coffee Shop
1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, CA 91108

Grief can feel isolating, but you don’t have to walk this journey alone. Kintsugi Connections is a gentle space to gather, share, and feel seen by others who understand.

Whether you feel like listening, sharing, or just being present — you are welcome here. 💛

This gathering is lovingly offered by Kintsugi Legacy & Grief Center, where we honor healing through connection, story, and community.

☕ RSVP to let us know you’re coming — we’d love to welcome you.

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/kintsugi-and-coffee

Note: Admission to the gardens is not included. If you’d like to explore after coffee, you’re welcome to purchase a ticket separately.

Even in silence, my grief is loud.Grief doesn’t always show itself in tears or words. Sometimes, it sits quietly with us...
08/01/2025

Even in silence, my grief is loud.

Grief doesn’t always show itself in tears or words. Sometimes, it sits quietly with us, filling the space between breaths. It hums in the background of our daily routines, in the quiet moments no one else can see.

It’s in the pause when you almost text them.
It’s in the ache when something reminds you of them.
It’s in the silence that somehow feels louder than any noise.

If this is you, you’re not alone. Grief doesn’t need to be “fixed.” It needs space, it needs to be witnessed. Let’s continue to hold space for our stories, for their stories.

Together, we grieve. Together, we remember.

Grief is… still picking up the phone to call you anytime something good, cool, or hard happens.It’s instinctual. That re...
07/31/2025

Grief is… still picking up the phone to call you anytime something good, cool, or hard happens.

It’s instinctual. That reach for connection—because you were always my first call.
The urge doesn’t go away, even when the number stays silent.
That’s grief. It weaves into life’s everyday moments, a reminder of the bond that never leaves.

We don’t “move on.”
We carry, remember, and find new ways to hold these conversations in our hearts.

Here, every Wednesday, we make space for the real, raw, and tender parts of loss.
We talk about the nitty gritty of what grief actually looks like — and let me tell you, it’s not just pain.
It’s beauty.
It’s memory.
It’s love that doesn’t know where to go.

Join us.
Share your moment using or tag us directly.
Together, we make grief visible — and no one has to feel alone in it.

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