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How therapy can help with grief.
After a loss, the early weeks are full of support—but then the world moves on, the texts slow down, and you start hiding how you really feel so you don't bring others down.
There is a huge misconception that grief counselling is about forcing you to wallow or trying to "fix" an unfixable pain. This post explores what therapy actually does: providing a space where the filters can drop, the chaos can untangle, and you can finally find a fraction more room to breathe.
Laura Southwick
3 min read


Am I going mad? Why grief makes you feel out of your mind.
When we face a major loss, we expect the sadness—but we don't expect the sudden anger, the stomach-churning guilt, or the terrifying numbness. If you are sitting up at 2 a.m. wondering why your mind feels completely unhinged right now, you are not alone.
This post looks at what is actually happening to your brain during a bereavement, and why those volatile, exhausting symptoms are just your body's way of surviving the shock.
Laura Southwick
3 min read


How long does grief last?
When a loss turns your world upside down, it is completely natural to look for a timeline or a date on the calendar when the fog will clear. But acute grief rarely moves in a straight line.
This post explores why grief doesn’t neatly pack its bags after a few months, what is actually happening beneath the surface of our minds when we lose someone, and why recovery isn't about making the pain shrink but about learning how your life can slowly expand around it.
Laura Southwick
4 min read
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