A Reflection on Grief, Healing, and Self-Care

I just wanted to share a couple of paragraphs from my book, Grief.

Everything I thought I believed in, I began to question.

I was already a self-help book junkie, reading books from Abraham Hicks to Eckhart Tolle, but I went even deeper trying to find answers. Some days it makes sense. Other days I’m still in disbelief.

Grief has a way of shaking everything you thought you understood about life.

One idea that continued to come back to me was this: we always have a choice in how we respond to our thoughts. We can spiral up, or we can spiral down.

One day my nutritionist said something to me that stopped me in my tracks.

“Suzi, your son is gone, but you are still here. So you need to look after yourself.”

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From that moment, I made a promise to myself that Muzz’s death would not be in vain.

It changed the way I started to look at my own wellbeing. I realised that taking care of myself — physically, mentally, and emotionally — wasn’t optional. It was necessary.

So if you’re going through a rough time right now, I want you to pause for a moment and reflect.

What are you doing to look after your own mental fitness?

What small things are you doing each day to take care of yourself?

Because even in the middle of grief, healing begins with the way we choose to care for ourselves.