The Last Ordinary Day
Where the grief story begins: the ordinary summer days that came just before everything changed.
Read the essay There is room for grief here.
And for joy, too.
Private grief support for women after the death of a partner.
There’s a disorientation that comes with losing the person who knew your life from the inside. So much of what you counted on was woven into being with them. The way you knew yourself. The future you talked about as though you were already on your way there. It can take time to find your bearings in a life you never imagined having to live.
What you need can change from one day to the next. There are days when you need someone to sit with you in the sheer fact of what’s happened. Days when you want to understand why your body is still bracing, even when the people around you think you’re doing fine. And there may be days when you catch yourself wanting something from life again, right in the middle of missing them.
I’m Lauryn DoBas, a widow and trauma-informed somatic practitioner. I offer one-to-one grief companioning and body-based support for the life that’s here now, with room for the love that’s still here, too.
Free discovery callThe life you shared is still part of the life you’re living.
After your partner dies, there’s so much you’re left to carry. In our work together, we make room for what you’re feeling, notice how grief shows up in your body, and explore what it means to keep living with the love you still carry.
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