‘Grief literacy advocate’ Stephen Jenkinson writes, “Grief is not a feeling, it is a capacity. It is not something that disables you, we are not on the receiving end of grief we are on the practicing end of grief.” (Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul).

The practice of grieving is one that Western culture has long alienated itself from. Though grief continues to enter our systems, we likely have not learned, from culture or elders, how to sit with, hold, and grow our capacity for this experience.