Surviving the Storm
Grief hits from all sides. Name what's hitting you — put it on the map. It's real, and it belongs here.
The rainbow is real. So is the storm below. Both are yours.
Click any part of the storm to name what it holds. Click a label to loosen that knot. Nothing disappears — the storm remembers your journey.
Splintering
When something is too big to hold, we gently break it into pieces small enough to carry. Nothing here is due. Nothing is late. One splinter at a time — or none today.
Let the Fates decide
Too tired to choose? Light the candle. The three sisters will draw one small thread for you.
How am I today?
No pressure, no streaks. Today is different from yesterday — that's how grief works.
Your patterns
Not a report card — just a way to see your own weather.
Journal
A space between sessions. Write what's true; it stays yours.
Voice Notes
Say it out loud before you're ready to say it to anyone. It's kept, transcribed, and private.
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Your notes
Ways to Loosen
Every person tends grief differently, and the ways shift — what helps today may rest tomorrow. None is better than another. Most of us lean on two or three. Here is the whole bank, to wander through.
Calm-Down Toolkit
When the storm is loud. One tap, no choices to agonize over.
Box breathing
In 4 · hold 4 · out 4 · hold 4
4 · 7 · 8 breathing
In 4 · hold 7 · out 8 — softens the nervous system
5-4-3-2-1 grounding
Come back through your five senses
Body scan
Notice where you hold grief — no fixing, just noticing
Gentle movement
Shake out your hands. Roll your shoulders back, slowly, three times. Stand and sway like a tree in a mild wind. Step outside if you can — a slow walk with no destination counts as processing too.
The tent
You don't have to fix the storm right now. You're allowed to just shelter.
Settings & Privacy
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Your data
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