Reflections on grief, loss, life transitions, and the deeper questions of being human.
Written by Sandrine Lonchampt, grief counsellor and psychotherapist based in Sydney, offering online sessions across Australia.

Vous avez tout planifié. Ce que vous n'aviez pas prévu, c'est ce vide étrange qui s'est installé — difficile à nommer, difficile à expliquer. Partir, c'est aussi une perte. Celle d'une version de vous-même. Le deuil de l'expatriation est réel, et vous n'avez pas à le traverser seul·e.

That morning I was thinking about my mother. She passed some years ago now, and the grief is still here — it has not gone away. But something has shifted with time. It has lost some of its power over me. Not because I have moved on, but because I have moved  through  — and in doing so, I found something I wasn't looking for. I found meaning. And purpose. She was “ just my mum ” When my mother was alive, she was simply my mum. Not someone I would have described as powerful or