How Grief Changes Over Time (and Why That Doesn’t Mean You’re Doing It Wrong)

Krystle and Danette of Grief Unfiltered discuss how grief evolves rather than fading in a straight line, sharing how losing their father felt consuming at first and later became more wave-like, with triggers such as birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays shifting from dread to moments of honoring and celebration. Krystlel explains that time alone didn’t help until she did the work, describing a major turning point around the five-year mark after therapy helped her channel her dad’s legacy of helping others into creating Grow Through Your Grief, an online course, and a journal. They explore why later grief can be confusing, emphasizing it can resurface without meaning failure, and suggest returning to basic self-care tools—movement, hydration, journaling, balanced rest, and small habit changes—while rejecting timelines, avoiding comparisons, and allowing joy and grief to coexist.

📌 Timestamps: 

00:00 Welcome to Grief Unfiltered

00:33 How Grief Evolves

01:24 Early Grief Consumes

03:49 Time Plus Work Heals

05:27 Anxiety and Firsts

07:06 From Dread to Celebration

11:44 Five Year Turning Point

15:07 Why Later Grief Confuses

20:14 Tools for Later Stages

22:32 Self Care Small Steps

26:06 Permission for Joy

28:44 No Timeline Keep Going

31:37 Closing and Resources

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