While the festive season is sold as joy and merriment, Santa doesn’t take away some of those big and heavy feelings that can crop up at this time of the year.

And while we know grief comes with loss, it’s easy to forget that it is a normal part of every transition.

Death yes. But also becoming a mother. Adding another child. Birth trauma. Changing jobs. Moving house. Entering or exiting COVID. Throwing out your old jeans.

It’s an emotion that covers a wide spectrum of experiences.

And I really believe that we can befriend it and use it as a guide to make the transitions that have come to us, or which we have chosen.

And surprise, surprise, your menstrual cycle holds a whole heaps of wisdom for working with grief and finding your way through joyful or difficult transitions.

So yes, grief is my favourite emotion, and I hope this video is helpful if she is present in your life right now.