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🌼 Springtime & Easter: A Season of Hope… and Heartache
For those grieving, spring can bring more than blooming flowers and longer days — it can also stir up unexpected waves of sadness, longing, and even guilt. Spring can make us feel out of sync with the world — like it’s moving on, and we’re stuck in a place that others don’t see.
Easter, especially, can carry deep emotional weight. It’s a holiday rooted in themes of resurrection, hope, and new life — powerful concepts that may feel painfully at odds with the emptiness loss can leave behind. If you're a person of faith, the symbolism of Easter might feel comforting and confronting all at once — especially when your heart is still breaking.
Even outside of religious observance, spring itself can feel unfairly bright. The earth begins to bloom again, but our hearts may still feel dark and heavy. We see the world moving forward — families gathering, milestones celebrated, nature coming alive — while we may still be aching for what (or who) is missing.
But here’s the truth:
🌱 You’re not falling behind because you're still grieving.
🌱 You’re not broken because you feel disconnected from the joy around you.
🌱 You are still growing — even if your growth looks quiet, slow, or invisible right now.
Just like the earth softens before it blooms, healing often happens beneath the surface.
As the world blooms, grief can still feel bare — and that’s okay.
🌿 Coping Corner: When Spring Doesn’t Feel Light
While the world is blooming, your heart might still be heavy — and that’s okay. Here are a few gentle ways to tend to your grief during this season of renewal:
🌼 1. Let Nature Hold You
Even if it’s just sitting on your porch or opening a window, let yourself witness spring. You don’t have to feel “happy” to appreciate a soft breeze, a birdsong, or a blooming tree. Sometimes, nature reminds us that new life can exist beside pain — not instead of it.
✍️ 2. Journal Prompt: “What is growing in me that others can’t see?”
Spring is a time of unseen transformation — roots taking hold before blossoms appear. Reflect on the quiet inner work you’re doing. Healing is happening, even if it doesn’t look like progress from the outside.
📅 3. Create Your Own Spring Ritual
You don’t have to celebrate the season like everyone else. Maybe it’s planting something in memory of your loved one, lighting a candle at sunset, or taking a mindful walk once a week. Build something meaningful that fits where you are.
🌤 4. Say No (and Yes) Mindfully
It’s okay to say “no” to spring holidays or gatherings that feel too painful right now. And it’s also okay to say “yes” to small joys — a new book, fresh flowers, or a spontaneous moment of laughter. Grief and joy can exist side by side.
🎥 New on the Channel: In Case You Missed It
This season, I’ve shared videos that speak to the tender truths of grief — especially how it can rise again just when you think you’ve found steady ground. From exploring “Does Grief Ever End?” to understanding why emotions return during milestones or moments of stillness, each video is a gentle reminder that your experience is valid. Grief isn’t something you need to fix, hide, or rush. It’s something to walk with — piece by piece, in your own time.
🌿 Does Grief Ever End? Understanding Your Journey
We often wonder if we’ll ever “get over” grief. In this video, I explore what it means to live with grief instead of trying to outrun it — and how healing doesn’t mean forgetting.
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🎈 Grief Explained: The Ball in the Box Analogy
This powerful visual explains how grief can shrink over time but still hit unexpectedly. A helpful way to understand why you’re doing “okay” one moment and overwhelmed the next.
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🤝 How to Comfort Someone Who Has Lost a Loved One
Not sure what to say or do? This video offers simple, meaningful ways to show up for someone grieving — without fixing or forcing positivity.
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🌀 What Type of Grief Are You Experiencing? 7 Common Types Explained
Grief isn’t one-size-fits-all. This video breaks down 7 types of grief — including anticipatory, disenfranchised, and complicated grief — so you can better understand your own emotions.
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🧩 Am I Grieving the Right Way? Let’s Talk About It
There is no “right” way to grieve — only your way. This video explores the pressure to grieve a certain way and why your process deserves gentleness, not judgment.
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🌊 Why Does Grief Resurface? Understanding Resurgent Grief
Just when you think you're doing better, grief can return. This video offers insight into those unexpected waves — especially around anniversaries, springtime, or life changes.
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📬 Let’s Connect
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🧠 Stay Tuned: Honoring Mental Health Awareness Month This May
In May, for Mental Health Awareness Month, I’ll be partnering with the ME Carpenter for Suicide Awareness Organization — a cause very close to my heart.
💛 All proceeds from the Mending Piece by Piece Shop during the month of May will be donated to support the MECARE'S Book Fund, which provides vital resources to individuals, families and the community on mental health and suicide.
The ME Carpenter for Suicide Awareness Organization has provided over 1500 copies of Pearl’s Purpose and Mending Piece by Piece After a Suicide Loss to individuals, families, schools, and community libraries. Through this partnership, we’re helping to raise funds so they can continue to share two powerful books:
📘 Pearl’s Purpose by Jenna Martorana
This heartfelt children’s book opens the door for meaningful conversations around mental health between adults and kids, helping young minds understand, feel safe, and feel seen.
📙 Mending Piece by Piece After a Suicide of a Loved One by Linda Falasco
A compassionate workbook filled with journaling prompts, reflective questions, and healing exercises designed to support those grieving a suicide loss — one piece at a time.
👉 Stay tuned for updates, stories of impact, and ways you can be a part of this special initiative. Together, we can raise awareness, break stigma, and bring healing where it’s needed most.
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Help Celebrate the 1-Year Bookaversary
It’s hard to believe it’s been ONE YEAR since Mending Piece by Piece: A Workbook & Journal for Navigating Grief with Hope was released into the world. 💔➡️💖 To celebrate the 1-Year Bookaversary, both books are on sale now!
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