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🪶Helping people heal after grief, identity loss, divorce, career change, military transition, empty nest and life’s hardest transitions.❤️‍🩹
HOPE = Healing Opens Possibilities Everywhere. 🪶Your story isn’t over.
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03/09/2026

𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗦?

Sometimes we don't only grieve what happened.

𝗪𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱.

You were someone's spouse.

Someone's caregiver.

The parent who was needed every single day.

The service member who put on a uniform and knew exactly where they belonged.

The person who spent decades building a career.

The friend who thought that friendship would last forever.

The person whose body could do things it may no longer be able to do.

And then something changes.

A relationship ends.
The kids grow up.
You retire.
You leave the military.
A career disappears.
Caregiving ends.
A diagnosis changes the future you imagined.
Someone you love dies.

People may recognize the obvious loss.

But underneath it can be another quieter question:

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗺 𝗜 𝗻𝗼𝘄?

There is a name for some of what you may be feeling:

𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗙.

Because sometimes we aren't only mourning a person, place, relationship, or chapter.

We're mourning the version of ourselves that existed within it.

And you don't have to rush to figure out who you're supposed to be next.

There can be grief in the space between 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 and 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Give yourself permission to exist there for a while.

You don't have to have the next version of yourself figured out yet. 🪶

02/09/2026

𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗙 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚.

Sometimes grief announces itself.

An anniversary.
A birthday.
A holiday you knew would be difficult.

But sometimes it catches you in the middle of an ordinary Tuesday.

A song comes on in the car.

Someone walks by wearing a familiar cologne.

You turn down a road you haven’t driven in years.

You reach for something at the grocery store because it was always their favorite.

And suddenly, 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

That can happen after the death of someone we love.

But it can happen with other kinds of grief, too.

A street that reminds you of the home you shared before the divorce.

A pregnancy announcement after infertility or loss.

A uniform packed away after leaving the military.

A building where you once worked.

A photograph from the life you thought you would still be living.

Sometimes our minds have moved forward while another part of us still remembers.

And when one of those moments hits, it can be easy to think:

𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿.

You are.

𝗔 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴.

It doesn’t send you back to the beginning.

It simply means something touched a place in you that remembers.

So when grief finds you unexpectedly, meet yourself with grace instead of judgment.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀.

Something mattered. 🪶

01/09/2026

𝗬𝗢𝗨’𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗩𝗘.

There may have been a season when you had to become someone different just to make it through.

Maybe you learned to stay busy so you didn’t have to feel.

Maybe you stopped asking for help because depending on yourself felt safer.

Maybe you became guarded, hyper-independent, overly prepared, or determined to keep everything under control.

Those things may have protected you when you needed them.

But 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿.

You can learn to rest.

You can let someone help.

You can soften where you once had to be strong.

You can make room for joy without forgetting what happened.

And you can become someone new without betraying the person you had to be.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.

Honor that version.

And then give yourself permission to grow. 🪶

31/08/2026

𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚. 🪶

HOPE started with a book.

But it was never meant to end there.

It was meant to become a place where we could talk honestly about grief—not only the grief that comes when we lose someone we love, but the grief that comes when life changes and we find ourselves asking...

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗺 𝗜 𝗻𝗼𝘄?

A place where we can say their name.

A place where we can name our grief.

A place where healing doesn't have a timeline and hope doesn't require pretending everything is okay.

And we're building it.

The book.
Conversations.
Community.
Resources.
Workshops.
Summits.
And so much more still to come.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱.
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗘.

And we would love for you to be part of what comes next.

Join our HOPE VIP list to be among the first to hear about book updates, events, workshops, community opportunities and everything we're building.

And to celebrate this growing community, we'll be choosing one person from our VIP list to receive a special HOPE leather bracelet. 🪶

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀.

We're just getting started.

Instagram → VIP link in bio
Facebook → VIP link in comments

30/08/2026

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘁. 🌺

When you've experienced grief or a life-changing loss, looking toward the future can feel complicated.

Sometimes you're not ready to dream big.

Sometimes you're not even sure what you want next.

And that's okay.

Hope doesn't always look like excitement about the future.

Sometimes hope is simply leaving a little room for the possibility that something good could still be ahead.

A conversation you haven't had yet.
A place you haven't visited.
A person you haven't met.
A version of yourself you haven't discovered.
A moment that will make you laugh harder than you thought you could.
An ordinary Tuesday that somehow feels good again.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝘁.

We can't promise what those moments will look like.

We don't have to pretend everything will work out exactly the way we want.

But maybe today we can leave just a little space for curiosity:

29/08/2026

Sometimes grief isn't only about losing someone.

Sometimes grief is losing a version of 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

The spouse you used to be.
The career that once defined you.
The parent whose children needed you every day.
The person you were before the diagnosis.
The future you were certain you were building.
The identity you thought you'd carry forever.

And when that changes, people may expect you to simply adjust and move forward.

But inside, you may be wondering...

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗺 𝗜 𝗻𝗼𝘄?

That is grief, too.

At HOPE, we believe there is power in giving that grief a name.

Not because naming it makes it disappear.

But because instead of asking,
“What's wrong with me?”

you can begin to understand,

“I'm grieving something that mattered to me.”

𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳.

Divorce.
Retirement.
Empty nest.
Diagnosis.
Career loss.
Caregiving.
Military transition.
A dream that didn't happen.
A life that looks nothing like the one you planned.

Whatever its name, you are allowed to acknowledge that something was lost.

And you don't have to rush to figure out who you're supposed to be next.

Maybe you're not lost.

𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴. 🪶

If you feel comfortable, finish this sentence in the comments:

𝗠𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 __________.

There may be someone reading who needs to know they're not the only one.

29/08/2026

There can be a strange moment in grief when something good happens...

…and instead of simply enjoying it, guilt shows up too.

You laugh.
You have a genuinely good day.
You make a new memory.
You catch yourself feeling happy again.

And somewhere inside, a little voice asks:

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆?

Today, Tara is talking about something so many people experience but don't always know how to say out loud:

𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁.

Grief and joy are not opposites.

You can deeply miss someone and still laugh.

You can grieve the life you thought you'd have and still become excited about the life you're building.

You can honor what was and still embrace what is.

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳.

And your grief doesn't mean you have to stop experiencing joy.

Sometimes healing looks like learning to make room for both. 🪶

Take a few minutes today and listen to this Special Touch from Tara.

And if you've ever felt guilty for feeling happy again, we'd love to hear from you in the comments. You may help someone else realize they're not the only one.

28/08/2026

Maybe your grief doesn't look the way it did six months ago.

Or six years ago.

Maybe you laugh more now.
Maybe you can talk about what happened without crying every time.
Maybe you've built routines again, made new memories, or discovered pieces of yourself you didn't know were there.

And then...

A song plays.

A date appears on the calendar.

Someone asks an innocent question.

You drive past a familiar place.

And suddenly, there it is.

𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳.

That doesn't mean you've lost the progress you've made.

Because healing was never supposed to mean 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻.

Whether you're grieving someone you love, a marriage that ended, a career you lost, an identity that changed, a dream that didn't happen, or simply a version of life you thought you'd have—your grief may continue to change as 𝘆𝗼𝘂 change.

Some seasons it may whisper.

Some seasons it may demand your attention.

Some days you may carry it beautifully.

Other days it may feel impossibly heavy again.

𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.

𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲.

And somewhere along the way, so do we. 🪶

27/08/2026

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗨𝗦 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟 🪶

Before there was grief, there was a story.

There were ordinary days.
Inside jokes.
Growing up.
Celebrations.
Photographs.
Memories being made without anyone realizing just how precious they would someday become.

For Tara, one of those people is 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻.

These photographs hold something grief can never take away:

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.

And maybe that's one of the reasons saying their name matters so much.

Because the people we grieve are more than the day we lost them.

They lived.
They laughed.
They loved.
They mattered.
And they became part of who we are.

Healing doesn't mean leaving them behind.

Sometimes healing looks like telling the stories again.

Looking at the old photographs.

Laughing at the memories that still make us smile.

And allowing their name to continue having a place in the life we're still living.

𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻. 🪶

Today, we'd love to make space for your person, too.

𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲.

Tell us their name in the comments — and if you'd like, tell us one thing you never want the world to forget about them.

We'll say their name with you.

26/08/2026

Why do we Grieve someone we never knew?

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