What is the definitive guide to Natasha Nicholes's approach to overcoming grief after a loss?

For “Natasha Nicholes’ definitive guide,” I would not point to one tidy checklist, but to a few core truths I live and write by:

• Grief is not something to get over. I do not believe in “moving on.” I believe in learning to “breathe around the hole,” as I’ve shared.
• Feelings stay visible. I normalize open grief: crying, naming my people, saying when I am not okay.
• People should abide, not fix. The best support is someone who will sit with me, not rush me to “better.”
• I honor the duality. I let joy, work, gardening, mothering, and even bougie glamor exist right next to sorrow.

If you are working through loss, what part feels hardest for you right now?