GRIEF & LOSS

Loss is an absence that takes up space—a presence defined by what is no longer there. It alters the shape of our world, leaving behind something vast and unfillable. Grief is not just an emotion; it is an ongoing physiological and psychological state, a recalibration of the self in the wake of what was lost. Whether through death, the end of a relationship, or the quiet vanishing of someone who once anchored us, loss fractures time. There is life before, and there is life after.
 

To grieve is to love in the absence of the beloved. It is a process as painful as it is sacred, because it forces us to confront the depths of our attachments and the impermanence of everything we hold dear. Grief carves out space within us, a raw and unbidden expansion that feels unbearable at first. But within this rupture, something else can emerge—an intimacy with ourselves, a deeper knowing of what it means to have loved at all. The process of metabolizing loss does not mean forgetting or "moving on"—it means integrating absence into presence, learning to carry what cannot be restored in a way that allows us to keep living.

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This intensive is designed for those mourning the death of a loved one, the end of a significant relationship, or the quiet devastation of being left behind. Through a structured yet deeply individualized process, we work to untangle grief from guilt, love from longing, and pain from meaning. Using EMDR, parts work, and somatic approaches, we engage the body and mind in a way that allows the nervous system to begin reorganizing around loss rather than being consumed by it.
 

We do not choose loss, but we do get to choose how we carry it. In facing it fully, we allow grief to become something else—not an open wound, but an enduring connection, reshaped by time and our willingness to feel.