How can healing emerge from the shadow of loss?

Healing after loss is not a return to what was—it’s the slow emergence of life from the shadow of absence. Loss reshapes the landscape of the soul; it carves valleys where once there were plains, and in those valleys, new growth begins. 1. The Shadow as Teacher The shadow of loss is not merely darkness—it is depth. It forces us to see what we once overlooked: the fragility of love, the…