Real talk, friend... are you carrying around a griefcase?
I heard this term not too long ago and it really hit home.
Griefcase... it's like a briefcase. But for your grief.
The idea is this: when you come home from a trip, you have to unpack.
You can leave the suitcase in the corner for a day or two (or more?!), but eventually the clothes need to come out, the toiletries need to go back, and life needs to get put away properly. If you never unpack, the mess just grows. Things get wrinkled. Things get lost. The bag starts to take over the room.
Grief works the same way.
If you don't open it up and actually go through it - and I mean THROUGH IT, like feel the feelings, sit with the hard stuff, let yourself be sad or angry or scared - it doesn't just disappear. It gets stored somewhere else. In your body. In your relationships. In your reactions to things that seem unrelated. In the drink you pour at the end of a hard day to take the edge off.
The griefcase doesn't unpack itself. And the longer you leave it, the harder it gets.
I don't know what's in yours right now. Maybe it's something recent. Maybe it's something you've been hauling around for years and haven't let yourself open.
Gently ask yourself... When did you last actually unpack?
Not fix it. Not move on from it. Just sit with it, feel it, and let it be real for a minute.
That's where the healing starts.
This is my friendly PSA that unpacking your griefcase may or may not require large amounts of cookie dough. And that's ok. At least you'll be unpacked.
You've got this.
Have a Doughp Day ❤️
Kelsey Moreira
Founder & Chief Inspiration Officer
Doughp
P.S. Thank you for the continued support after our announcement last month. We're still here, still fighting to find the right partner to carry this brand forward. LASTBATCH gets you 20% off $40+ at doughp.com. Every order helps. #Doughp4Hope
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