Nathalie Himmelrich

We Must Learn to Look at Grief, Even When We Want to Run Away by Dr Puri

Must read article It just seemed that the writer speaks grief and healing language with the absolute same tonality as I do. Here is what she wrote: Can we instead move forward with grief? Can we find a way to integrate loss into life, to carry it with us? Can we feel tragedy together, without

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The Pandemic of Grief and Loss

You and I are not as different as it might seem… I will never forget my father’s first words on January 19th, 2012 as I finally reached him: ‘You have got to be strong now.’ I knew what he was going to say next and I didn’t want to hear it. I didn’t want it

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Grief Quote by Nathalie Himmelrich

💭 I daydream…

I daydream about … 💫 who they would have become ✨ Last night I went to Ananda Mae’s parents’ evening at the school. Every parent had to introduce their child given it was a new formation of kids. As I heard the other parents describe their child, mentioning their siblings, I went off daydreaming about

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The Purpose of Grief

Anniversaries, as you know, have a way of being remembered in the body way before they get consciously registered in the mind. It is as if our body remembers first.  And, most important of all, EVERY BODY remembers differently because every body IS different.  Is there a purpose in grieving 10 years later?  … I

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Regulation of the Nervous System

Regulated Human beings have a nervous system. This nervous system comes into play on a daily basis. When a nervous system is regulated, blood flows naturally and effortlessly, moves into the higher-order part of our brain. In a regulated state, we have access to our social engagement function, creativity, higher-order problem solving, and complex perspective-taking

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Birth and Death Anniversaries Are Hard

Death anniversaries are the hardest. Annonymous client Death anniversaries are hard She uttered the sentence in response to my public sharing on Instagram regarding the fact that it is 10 years since my girls were born and A’Mya died: It also means that my grief journey with A’Mya is turning 10 years old. 10 years

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