Sacred Goodbyes: The Healing Power of Closure

When we lose someone we love, we don’t simply “get over it.” The truth is, that loss never disappears—it becomes a part of us. But when we have the chance to say goodbye, to find closure, we can carry that loss more gently. Instead of becoming our whole identity, grief shapes us and walks alongside us, without weighing us down quite so heavily.

That’s what Sacred Goodbyes Hypnotherapy Sessions are about. They create a safe space to say the words that were left unsaid, to release emotions that have been carried for far too long, and to let go with love.

Loss takes many forms. It might be the passing of a parent, child, partner, or friend. It could be saying goodbye to a beloved pet. Sometimes it’s the grief of a relationship or friendship ending without closure. And sometimes, people even feel they carry grief across lifetimes—unfinished emotions that echo through into this one.

Whatever you believe, one thing is true: saying goodbye is deeply important for our mental, emotional, and even physical wellbeing.

Acknowledging Grief Instead of Pushing It Away

I want to be very clear—I don’t believe grief should be dismissed or ignored. It’s not about “moving on” as if nothing happened. Grief and loss are sacred experiences in themselves, and they deserve to be honoured.

Every event in our lives shapes us. Each loss, each goodbye, whether in this lifetime or another, carries a lesson. Some are painful, some gentle, but all are meaningful. Once we acknowledge them, we then get to choose: how do we want to carry those lessons forward? Do we let them weigh us down? Or do we integrate them, learning and growing from them, even through the pain?

That’s where Sacred Goodbyes can help—by giving you that chance to acknowledge, to release, and to choose how to move forward.

My Own Journey With Loss

Personally, I am still learning all the time how loss has shaped me. When I was just nine years old, my father passed away. As a teenager, I lost my grandparents. In my mid-20s, my mother’s sudden passing from cancer—just 12 weeks after her diagnosis—shattered me in ways I still carry today.

On top of that came relationships that never lasted, miscarriages, and financial worries. (Because let’s face it—unless you’re really lucky, debt is something most of us deal with, and I’ve had plenty.) As a single parent, the pressure to keep a roof over our heads and the bills paid has sometimes felt overwhelming. There have been weeks where I’ve had to stop, take a deep breath, and say to myself: This is all I can handle right now. I’ll just deal with today.

All of this—the grief, the heartbreak, the money worries, the anxiety—has shaped who I am. And the truth is, we all have our own versions of this.

We can’t always blame our finances, our relationships, or our jobs on past events. But what we can do is acknowledge how those experiences have affected us. We can learn from them. We can say our sacred goodbyes to the people and situations that shaped us—and in doing so, we can finally step forward into who we are becoming.

The Turning Point

For so many years, I felt guilt, anger, despair. I often asked myself:

1. Why me?

2. What have I done to deserve this?

3. Did I do something terrible in a past life to deserve so much pain in this one?

Those feelings controlled me. They left me travelling through life on autopilot while my subconscious searched for answers in all the wrong places.

It wasn’t until I experienced Sacred Goodbyes for myself that I realised the answers had been with me all along. By allowing myself to say goodbye—to people, to events, to the guilt and pain I carried—I finally felt a shift.

I came to understand that those losses and hardships weren’t punishments. They were lessons. Some of the hardest I will ever face. But once I acknowledged them, I could choose how to use them. To let them hold me back… or to let them help me grow.

And now, I choose growth.

Why I Offer This Work

That’s why I now guide others through Sacred Goodbye sessions.

This work is not about forgetting. It’s not about erasing grief. It’s about honouring what was, finding peace with what is, and allowing yourself to move forward with love.

Grief never fully leaves us. But it doesn’t have to define us.

Saying goodbye gives us freedom, healing, and the chance to step fully into the life we are meant to live.

If you’re carrying the weight of a loss, unresolved feelings from the past, or the ache of goodbyes never spoken—please know you don’t have to carry it alone.

Sacred Goodbyes offers a safe place to release, to honour, and to reclaim yourself.

💜 This is deeply personal work for me. It’s shaped who I am and continues to shape who I’m becoming. My hope is that it can offer you the same gift of release and renewal.