2022 Recap & Focus on Grief

Its 2023 and another year of growth and change logged in the old wisdom bank. I like to think of the four seasons as a metaphor for this cyclical growth. Winter is a time of reflection and death of the old. Spring a time of rebirth, a fresh start. Summer is all about thriving in the new and Autumn a time to harvest, take stock.

In 2022 vulnerability was my theme becoming comfortable with the person I am inside, outside. Releasing the blog at the beginning of the of the year was the first step in this change. Later the Awakened heArtist Podcast and much more presence on social media. Each and every one of these things bringing a new vulnerability. A death of the old me at the beginning of the year, slowly becoming comfortable throughout the year with who I am. Becoming more comfortable with myself on the outside.

Late in the summer I faced a familiar obstacle, the loss of my close friend Joel. A friendship of over 20 years this was a new loss, a new grief I had not been use to. Ive lost six friends up to this point of my life but not a friend this close. His loss really opened my eyes to my grief and how I grieve. Making me look at my podcast, blog and this new person I’ve become.

Having lost my mom in 2018, my dad in 2020 and all the family/friends over my lifetime, grief is a large part of me. Its an emotion with so many emotions inside that I thought I only had to give attention to every once in awhile. After the loss of Joel it opened my eyes to this part that needs to be heard.

Going forward I would like to share this part of my life with the world. Talking through my experiences with death, loss, grief and grieving. Talking my emotions out loud have always been a great release for me. I’ve always been interested in finding people who have some of the same experiences as me. How they overcame their decisions or unlucky circumstances. It would bring me hope, make me not feel as alone.

In Season 2 of the Awakened heArtist Podcast I want to bring hope to those that grieve like I do. Give people perspective through my stories! Normalize this taboo topic of grief that will be apart of all of our stories at some point. Please join me and connect with me on this new journey of living with grief!