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Grief journal prompts

An invitation to journal with your grief

Set a 15 min timer.

Allow just under 2 mins per prompt.

Keep writing no matter what, keep your pen moving on the paper as much as possible.

If you reach a block, return to the shuttle. For example, your writing might read, “I remember, I remember, I remember…” until something drops in.

It’s not about being a ‘good’ writer, it’s about staying curious to what wants to be known.

Let’s go:

I remember...

I miss …

I mourn...

I wish someone would ask me...

I did not get to...

I was scared

I’m so sad

Goodbye …

You may like to return to one/some and do a deeper dive. Let me know how you get on.

Thank you Francis Weller for introducing me to this practice and for teaching me how to turn grief into gold.

When you finish your 15 mins, you may like to ritualise your writing, maybe tear it into pieces, maybe scrunch it up and bury or burn it, maybe you put a rock on it and return to it in a week and see if anything new reveals in a reread; you might like to repeat the exercise daily for a week and see what reveals…

Take this practice and make it your own. Take this practice and do it with a partner or a friend, hold your own grief connect with friends or family. Honour someone who has passed from you and share in the ritual of writing together on any day or a special day.

There is no right way to be or to do it other than keep your pen on the page and stay curious to the process. I’d love to hear from you if you do this practice.

With love x