storyteller | gritty mystic | spiritual misfit | abundance cultivator | cage rattler & key dropper | in a world out to strip our humanity, We Can Stay Human
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Mercy matters, but we cannot stop at relief. I want the kind of love that asks what we can build together so the wound stops reopening.
#mutualaid #solidarity #justice #community #liberation
You may never want grief work. You may still want what tending makes possible.
Comment PDF below and I’ll send you the link to join my email list and receive the free Time + Tending PDF. Just one place to begin.
#grief #healing #mentalhealth #selfcare #selfcompassion
What if I open the door to grief and cannot close it?
You do not have to close grief like a perfectly sealed door. The goal is to remain connected to yourself, the present, and your choices while you approach what is true.
#grief #anxiety #trauma #nervoussystem #healing
No politician is coming to save us, but our choices still shape who gets food, housing, care, and room to breathe. Discernment matters.
#politicaltheology #justice #discernment #community #ethics
You do not have to become fearless about grief.
You can still dislike it.
You can resist it, need breaks, feel angry that this is part of your life, and wish the loss had never happened.
#grief #healing #selfcompassion #mentalhealth #selfcare
That relationship can include boundaries.
It can include “not today.”
It can include professional help.
It can include joy, distraction, work, play, and ordinary life alongside grief.
I believe resurrection is more than an afterlife promise. It is the pattern of love making new futures where ruin said there were none.
#resurrection #hope #newcreation #healing #theology
You do not need to want grief work.
Say yes to one page, one prompt, and one practice. Comment PDF below and I’ll send you the link to join my email list and receive Time + Tending free.
#grief #healing #mentalhealth #selfcompassion #personalgrowth
Salvation is not escape from the world. If love is real, it has to take history seriously and move toward liberation here, not somewhere else.
#salvation #liberation #theology #justice #incarnation
Build a tiny grief plan before the next wave arrives.
In a grief wave, it can be difficult to remember what helps, whom to call, or what is true.
So write down three things now:
#grief #mentalhealth #selfcare #anxiety #healing
Put the plan somewhere easy to find: your phone notes, wallet, refrigerator, journal, or bedside table.
Preparation is not pessimism. It is care for the version of you who may not be able to invent support in the middle of the wave.
We often say that time heals.
Time can create distance. It can change context. It can allow the nervous system to settle and life to grow around a loss.
But time is not a grief practice by itself.
#grief #healing #mentalhealth #mindfulness #selfcare
Try adding one act of care to the time already passing:
- Five minutes of writing.
- A walk with the person’s name spoken aloud.
- A text asking someone to listen.
- A candle at dinner.
- A boundary around an anniversary.
- An appointment with qualified support.
