Mary Meduna-Gross, Ph.D.After walking through fear and grief, I found myself asking, “Am I giving up?” What I discovered was something entirely different—Grace. This is a reflection on how letting go isn’t quitting, but returning to your own grounded strength.
Mary Meduna-Gross, Ph.D.When silence from my family felt like abandonment, I realized I was asking them to meet needs that only I could fill. This is how I learned to give myself the validation, compassion, and peace I’d been waiting for someone else to offer.
Mary Meduna-Gross, Ph.D.The healer holds everyone together… and disappears in the process. It’s time to lay down that role and step into wholeness.
Mary Meduna-Gross, Ph.D.When the ideals that once defined me collided—faith, service, compassion, and duty—I felt the ground disappear. This is the story of how naming my grief became the first breath of peace and the beginning of coming home to myself.