Change often includes grief.

Has there been any conversation around grief and forgiveness?

It’s only Wednesday, and I’ve already asked this question three times in three different rooms with three different organizations.

Because the truth is, change often includes grief.

Sometimes it’s the loss of a person.
More often, it’s the loss of expectations.
They let us down. They didn’t show up the way we needed.
And that loss leaves behind grief.

And right there, sitting beside it, maybe even dancing with it, is forgiveness.
Because to truly forgive, we have to let something go.
To absorb the hurt.
To surrender a hope.
To lay something down and truly let it go.

That, too, is grief.

Grief and forgiveness work is tender, often heavy, and yes, it might be outside your training or comfort zone. That’s okay. That’s why I do what I do.

Your ability to hold space for someone else’s lived experience, though?
That’s simply empathy.
And I can help you build the muscles to do that well, too.

Most of the time, it starts with grabbing your brave, opening your heart, and leaning in.