I spent last weekend immersed in conversations about mortality, palliative care, psychedelics, grief, meaning and what it means to accompany human beings through some of the most vulnerable moments of…
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For the past fifteen months, Joan Scarrott and I have been hosting taster sessions for our Mortal Leader programme. It’s a slow build, and even though the topic is not…
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We did it!We did what?We committed.Committed to what?To love. To life. To myself, to him, to us, to all of it. To everyone, to everything. Two weeks ago, over the…
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I am about midway between two big “Yes” days, and it feels delicious. The first Yes day, formally known as the Jour du Oui, was last week – 11th June…
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I wanted to drop in a piece of my "writing-in-progress" as I near the end of the first draft of my book. Still much to do before it is completely…
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I’m creating something new — tender and transformative, nourishing and regenerative! Grief-Wise Retreats are intimate, carefully held spaces for those navigating the rough terrain of grief — whether personal or…
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For the last year or so, I’ve been working with a kind of mantra — a spiral of questions that guides both my life and my work: What is mine…
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These past few weeks, I have been in frequent contact with people facing the final days, the last hours, or the immediate aftermath of losing a loved one. Yes, in…
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During 2024, I spent much of my time nourishing four deeply integrated projects—my website, my book, Mortal Leader, and grief services for organisations. All of them are still unfinished, some…
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Life, Loss, Grief, Composting, Life, Loss, Grief, Composting, Life… This is the ongoing, cyclical spiral that encapsulates my understanding of transformation, both personally and professionally. In the wake of profound…
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Personal Blog - Widowing Empty Nests
How do you keep living when life shatters—again and again—in ways you never imagined? Breath by breath, moment by moment, you carry what remains. Widowing Empty Nests is a space where love, loss, grief, and resilience intertwine, offering honest reflections on the ongoing journey of holding the unbearable while embracing what endures.
