This is such an amazing, raw, inspiring, and powerful post. You gave voice to the grief of doing everything 'right' and still feeling unwell, and to the deep ache of having healing sold to us as a product instead of a relationship. That line: 'They are the ones selling you solutions they never possessed' stayed with me. Thank you for naming the unseen griefs and expressing what so many of us carry but rarely articulate. The way you describe true support, listening, adapting, connecting through presence, is exactly what we need more of. Healing is not a transaction, and your words gently reminded me of that truth. This piece felt like both a mirror and a balm. ✨️❤️🫶🏻
Thank you Saira for such a beautiful reflective comment, it means a lot to me that you take the time to read my words and digest them. I'm so grateful that you take the time to comment so often x
My pleasure, Madeleine. Your writing carries such depth and honesty, it gently invites reflection in the best possible way. I always leave your pieces feeling a little more seen, a little more grounded. Thank you for holding space for these tender, necessary conversations.
A great piece. I understand that people have bills to pay and that their income comes from offering healing to others. And I don’t want to sound pious either! However I want to keep material gain out of the telling of my story in the hope that it is a resource any parenting going through the loss of a child to suicide can access. It just feels so wrong to monetise my cherished son’s tragedy.
Thank you for this Esther. I agree. I believe there are ways we can find to incorporate financial exchange in way that feels honest and with integrity. I worry about the spaces where financial gain is the primary motivator, whereas ethics needs to be an integral part of the healing.
You sharing such deeply personal experiences is so vulnerable, and at the same time so powerful. Thanks so much for sharing, so much to learn from. What really resonates is "they’ll connect through presence and shared humanity." From the grief ritual training with Francis Weller early last year I've been struggling how to use my humanity to connect to people that are grieving. Your writing gives me hope I'll figure it out, keeping in mind that 'healing' is now big business, but that to me it is reaching out as human to another human, period. No transaction, just connection and being present with what needs to be shared.
I love this, thank you for sharing. I also have done Francis’s training- it’s deeply meaningful & has so much potency. Yes, it’s finding ways to genuinely connect.
This is such an amazing, raw, inspiring, and powerful post. You gave voice to the grief of doing everything 'right' and still feeling unwell, and to the deep ache of having healing sold to us as a product instead of a relationship. That line: 'They are the ones selling you solutions they never possessed' stayed with me. Thank you for naming the unseen griefs and expressing what so many of us carry but rarely articulate. The way you describe true support, listening, adapting, connecting through presence, is exactly what we need more of. Healing is not a transaction, and your words gently reminded me of that truth. This piece felt like both a mirror and a balm. ✨️❤️🫶🏻
Thank you Saira for such a beautiful reflective comment, it means a lot to me that you take the time to read my words and digest them. I'm so grateful that you take the time to comment so often x
My pleasure, Madeleine. Your writing carries such depth and honesty, it gently invites reflection in the best possible way. I always leave your pieces feeling a little more seen, a little more grounded. Thank you for holding space for these tender, necessary conversations.
A great piece. I understand that people have bills to pay and that their income comes from offering healing to others. And I don’t want to sound pious either! However I want to keep material gain out of the telling of my story in the hope that it is a resource any parenting going through the loss of a child to suicide can access. It just feels so wrong to monetise my cherished son’s tragedy.
Thank you for this Esther. I agree. I believe there are ways we can find to incorporate financial exchange in way that feels honest and with integrity. I worry about the spaces where financial gain is the primary motivator, whereas ethics needs to be an integral part of the healing.
You sharing such deeply personal experiences is so vulnerable, and at the same time so powerful. Thanks so much for sharing, so much to learn from. What really resonates is "they’ll connect through presence and shared humanity." From the grief ritual training with Francis Weller early last year I've been struggling how to use my humanity to connect to people that are grieving. Your writing gives me hope I'll figure it out, keeping in mind that 'healing' is now big business, but that to me it is reaching out as human to another human, period. No transaction, just connection and being present with what needs to be shared.
I love this, thank you for sharing. I also have done Francis’s training- it’s deeply meaningful & has so much potency. Yes, it’s finding ways to genuinely connect.
I’ve just seen we are in the same group, what a joy to connect here 🖤