Rethinking your space to rebuild yourself: Changing the layout of your home, reorganizing a room, painting a wall… These seemingly insignificant actions can have a real impact on our well-being. They help us turn the page smoothly and reclaim our living space. Changing someone's environment isn't about "erasing" them; it's about accepting that life goes on and that we deserve an environment conducive to our well-being. Rebuilding also means this: recreating a refuge where you feel comfortable, in harmony with the new reality.

What if we gave space to the light?

Grief is a personal journey, sometimes arduous, never linear. There's no right or wrong way to navigate it. But if you feel something is weighing you down more than comforting you, it could be a sign that it's time to let go. To reclaim a sense of lightness… and welcome light back into your daily life.

Creating space to receive what's coming

What if clearing the space around us also allowed us to create space within ourselves? Sorting, donating, or organizing the belongings of a deceased loved one is not “forgetting” them or showing disrespect. It’s a powerful symbolic gesture, a way of saying, “You’re still in my heart, but I choose to move on.”

A gentle approach is to start with the least emotionally charged items. Then, over time, you can choose to keep one or two important mementos (a photograph, a piece of jewelry, a letter) and let go of the rest. Donating these items to charity or someone in need can also give new meaning to this detachment.