Learning. Longing. Living.
The aim of this platform is to get grief spoken about in a less awkward and more open way, so I have reached out to some incredible people who all have a different story when it comes to grief, and have agreed to share it with the world through The Girl with Grief platform. Meet [...]
Over the last couple of months, I have been reading books, journaling and really learning and understanding my grief in a deeper level. A few books I have read have suggested writing monthly/yearly letters to your loved one. So, I thought id give it ago, some people may find this strange but its quite a [...]
As most of you know it was world mental health day yesterday so I think its time I talk about my mental health and how grief has affected it. For the majority of my life, I’ve always been a happy positive person and I really do think that life’s to short not to be positive [...]
The only way to start this blog post is by sharing my aunties tribute to my mum from the funeral: Alison, You were not only my little sister, you were my best friend. You were the sensible one who I came to when I needed advice. We shared our holidays and has so much fun [...]
The grief I’ve never spoken about: Dedicated to Duncan Evans A slightly different post today. Is it ok to grieve for someone that may have done you wrong? Or someone you weren’t as close with when they passed? For me the answer is yes, you may not of seen someone for a good few years [...]
Lock down made the world slow down and over the past month life has been getting back to normal. I’ve been busy every weekend, back in the office 4 days a week and back to the gym in the evenings, lock down life gave me time to think and process a lot of feelings I [...]
So, for those that haven’t seen my Instagram post, Amber Jeffery’s podcast ‘The Grief Gang’ was what inspired me to start this blog. It was the beginning of lock-down I was working from home and on the hunt for something new to listen to when i came across such a powerful podcast. Listening to how [...]
Meet my best friends Kate & April We have been friends since we were like 13 (God that makes me feel old). We our 3 of a very supportive girl group and all 3 have lost a parent. Yes all 3 from the same friendship group which i feel is very rare when were only [...]
Hey. Hi. Hello. I’m Emma, and this is my little lock down project I hope you enjoy. The girl with grief is a platform for me to share my story, experience and feelings when living with grief. I want to be able to help others that have been through the loss of a loved one [...]
So, I actually wrote this blog post over a year ago on my old travel blog, another year on and I still feel all these things are important with the added extra of really learning to talk about grief. Please take a read and let me know what you’ve learnt from losing someone you love [...]
