Losing Bella remains devastating. It is devastating. And at the same time, I feel deeply blessed by my life. Those two realities exist together without canceling each other out. Grief doesn’t erase gratitude, and gratitude doesn’t dilute grief. They move in the same wave, sometimes indistinguishable from one another.
Writing about trauma in Helping Heal has forced me to confront this paradox again and again. The nervous system is capable of holding opposing truths simultaneously. We can feel broken and whole, fortunate and shattered, grounded and disoriented. Healing isn’t about resolving the contradiction. It’s about expanding enough to hold it without needing one side to disappear. It is possible, it’s just not easy.
Casey Jackson, Founder & CEO
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