Processing Grief: When Your Body Knows Yet Your Mind Questions

Moving from managing our stories to trusting—and honoring—what we feel

Note: this post explores death and grief around losing a parent.

Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash

I lost someone who played a defining role in my life this week—a relationship that shifted over time, but held love. She was my father's partner for a decade when I was young, someone I’ll call Mim for "Mom in Missouri,” as that’s how she’d address herself…