Ep.23: To love is to eventually lose. And to lose is to grieve.

In this deeply personal episode, Gina Haines reflects on grief — not as an abstract concept, but as the real, lived, circular experience of loss that doesn't follow a straight line or a tidy checklist.This episode was inspired by the passing of a very dear friend, who faced motor neuron disease with extraordinary grace and courage, and who lived as fully as she could right until the end. She is woven through every word.Gina explores the idea that grief isn't something we get over — it's love with nowhere to go. She talks honestly about the way old losses resurface alongside new ones, the way grief layers and cycles and circles back when you least expect it, and what it might look like to grieve well: not by moving on, but by carrying love forward.In this episode:→  Why grief is not linear — and why that's OK→  The way loss opens up other losses we thought we'd already moved through→  A fresh look at the Kübler-Ross's stages — as experiences, not a checklist→  What her friend taught her about choosing how to show up, even when you can't choose what's happening→  What it means to grieve well — to honour the love, not just survive the loss→  Coming home to yourself, even in — especially in — the hard seasonsIf you are grieving something — a person, a relationship, a chapter of your life — this episode is for you. You're not doing it wrong. You're just grieving. And that's enough.