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The Long Winter of the Heart
There are winters that happen outside of us, and winters that happen within. This is about the long winter of the heart — when grief asks you to rest…
Nov 15
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Heather Honold
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The Weight of a Single Decision
One choice at nineteen altered everything. This is about the weight we carry, the versions of ourselves we mourn, and the tenderness it takes to meet…
Nov 11
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Heather Honold
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The Liminal Season of Grief
A gentle invitation to pause inside the strange space where grief lives. This piece is not about fixing or moving on—it’s about honoring the threshold…
Nov 8
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Heather Honold
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The Mercy of Choice
Mercy is not escape. It is a way of honoring a life to the very end, choosing tenderness, conversation, and a goodbye shaped with care. This piece…
Nov 6
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Heather Honold
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Listening to the Quiet: Finding Meaning When the Noise Stops
In a blackout, the world reveals a quieter intelligence. When the noise drops, another kind of knowing wakes up in the body. Read and try the simple…
Nov 4
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Heather Honold
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When the Noise Fades: Grieving in the Quiet After
When the meals stop and the world goes quiet, grief learns to live inside you. Here is how to meet the quiet with care, rhythm, and small ritual.
Nov 1
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Heather Honold
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October 2025
The Year’s Dying Breath
Samhain is the season of endings and beginnings, when the veil thins and the world exhales. This essay honors the sacred rhythm of death and fire — and…
Oct 30
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Heather Honold
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The Gift in the Dark
Shadow work isn’t about chasing the light—it’s about remembering what lives in the dark. In The Gift in the Dark, Heather Honold writes about her annual…
Oct 28
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Heather Honold
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When Safety Isn’t the End of the Story
Domestic violence doesn’t end when the harm stops. This piece explores the grief survivors carry, the mourning that begins inside harm, and the ache of…
Oct 25
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Heather Honold
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The Rituals We Forgot: Reclaiming the Sacred in a Death-Phobic World
We handed death to professionals and lost something sacred.Ritual can bring it back. This week’s Bone & Bloom explores the quiet rebellion of…
Oct 23
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Heather Honold
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The Sound of Turning Pages
A gentle reflection on the kind of belonging that doesn’t require words. Inspired by The Forgotten Book Club by Kate Storey, this piece explores silence…
Oct 21
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Heather Honold
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The Grief That Begins Before Hello
For the pregnancies and babies the world never saw, but our hearts still remember.
Oct 18
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Heather Honold
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