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When I started sharing here, I wasn’t entirely sure where it would lead.

What I did know was that I felt called to write.

To capture some of what I’ve learned through loss, grief, healing, love, resilience, and the ongoing process of rebuilding a life I never expected to be living.

If you’re new here, you won’t know that in 2022 my husband died suddenly.

The years since have brought some of the hardest experiences of my life, but they have also brought profound lessons, insights, connection, and a deeper appreciation for life.

This Substack is where I’m sharing those reflections as I write my book, The Three Pillars of Hope Through Grief.

Like all of us, I’m still working it out.

I simply share some of the practices, perspectives and experiences that helped me when I was trying to make sense of a completely different world for my boys and myself.

I hope that by sharing them, something here may help someone else too.

Alongside the writing, I’ve also been recording audio reflections and podcast episodes.

Oddly, this part has felt particularly vulnerable.

There are moments when I feel exposed sharing so openly.

Yet strangely, I feel less exposed sharing here with you all.

You feel like my people.

The people who understand and support one another.

The people who are willing to have deeper conversations about what it means to be human.

The people who are also trying to make sense of life when it doesn’t always make sense.

For that, I’m incredibly grateful.

Something unexpected has happened through recording these audio reflections.

They haven’t simply allowed me to share my thoughts.

They’ve helped me discover them.

Time and again, I’ve found myself arriving at realisations and insights while speaking that I didn’t know were there when I began.

I guess that’s part of growth.

Part of healing.

Part of what happens when we give ourselves permission to speak from the heart with genuine intention.

As I write this, the podcast is approaching 800 downloads.

That number genuinely blows me away.

Whether you’ve listened once or to every episode, thank you.

Thank you for reading.

Thank you for listening.

Thank you for being here.

My intention is simple.

To continue sharing reflections, stories, practical tools, conversations and insights that may offer hope, perspective, comfort, encouragement, or simply a reminder that none of us are alone.

I’m honoured you’re here.

And I’m grateful we’re walking together.

With love and hope,

Heather 🤍

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