You Don’t Have to Walk Alone
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You Don’t Have to Walk Alone *
Grief and Bereavement: Finding Your Way Through
The Journey Continues, How?
Losing someone you love changes everything. Grief is not something to “get over” but something to move through, slowly and gently, in your own way. It can feel overwhelming, isolating, and unpredictable. One day you may feel numb, the next flooded with emotion. This is not weakness it is your mind, body, and nervous system doing their best to cope with profound loss.
Grief never truly ends, but it transforms. Over time, the sharp edges soften, and the love you carry for the one you’ve lost becomes a guiding force rather than a source of only pain. Many people find that the journey of grief leads to deeper compassion, resilience, and even new purpose.
Your loved one’s presence lives on not only in memory, but in how you live, create, and connect. Therapy can help you weave grief into your life in a way that honours your past while allowing a meaningful future to unfold.
Grief is a whole-body experience, deeply tied to how the brain works:
The amygdala (the alarm system) becomes overactive, making ordinary moments feel unsafe.
The prefrontal cortex (responsible for focus and planning) struggles, creating the fog and forgetfulness many people call “grief brain.”
The stress system (HPA axis) pumps cortisol into the body, disturbing sleep and leaving fatigue.
The attachment system longs for the person who has gone, creating deep waves of yearning and pain.
When you understand that grief is both emotional and neurological, you can begin to treat yourself with more compassion recognising that your brain and body are responding as they were designed to.
The Brain in Grief
How Therapy Can Help
Therapy provides a safe, compassionate space to express grief in ways that feel right for you. Together, we can:
Process emotions safely giving space for sadness, love, and everything in between.
Calm the stress system with relaxation, hypnotherapy, or mindfulness strategies to restore balance.
Create meaning and connection finding ways to honour your loved one and carry their presence forward.
Explore practical healing routes whether through words, silence, creativity, or a mixture of approaches.
My Personal Journey
I know the pain of loss firsthand. My wife, Kate Louise, died of cancer in 2017. Her passing changed my world, and my journey through grief has deeply shaped how I support others. Out of this experience, I wrote Compassion Comforts Loss: Listen to Your Heart, a book available in both print and audio on Amazon.
Through writing and sharing my story, I discovered that grief can also carry seeds of connection, compassion, and growth.
