Grief Isn’t Linear – and That’s Okay
Honouring your own pace through loss
Grief doesn’t follow a tidy timeline.
It doesn’t arrive in five neat stages.
It doesn’t always ease with time.
Sometimes, it softens.
Sometimes, it flares up unexpectedly - with a date, a song, a smell.
Sometimes, it hides beneath the surface until something small brings it flooding back.
One of the most common things people say to me in therapy is, “I should be over this by now.”
But grief doesn’t work like that.
Whether your loss happened recently or decades ago, whether it was expected or sudden, whether it involved death, separation, or some other change - your grief is valid.
There’s no right way to grieve. There’s just your way.
Grief can show up as sadness, numbness, guilt, anger, relief, or confusion. It can come in waves or sit quietly in the background. Sometimes it’s heavy. Sometimes it’s strangely absent. All of it is normal.
In my work, I hold space for people to talk, cry, rage, laugh, reflect - or sit in silence.
Grief needs room to breathe, not a deadline to meet.
Whether you’re navigating a recent loss, returning to grief that was never fully processed, or simply needing a space where your experience won’t be minimised - I’m here.
You don’t have to have it all figured out. You just need to show up.
And if you’d like to take that first step, I offer a free 20-minute call to see if this feels like the right fit.