☁️ How Gratitude Softened What Grief Had Hardened

There was a time when I couldn’t look in the mirror without seeing loss. My breasts, my uterus...my sense of who I even was. 

Then one morning, I whispered, “Thank you, scars, for reminding me that healing is happening.”

That moment didn’t erase my pain — but it softened it.

Gratitude became my bridge between grief and peace.

It didn’t ask me to move on.

It invited me to move with tenderness.

Neuroscience tells us that when we practice gratitude, we create new pathways of safety in the brain.

It’s how we rebuild trust with our bodies after trauma.

When you’re ready, gratitude becomes less about saying “I’m fine,” and more about saying “I’m here.”

✨ Curious how I learned to love my body again through gratitude? Read the full story here →