Launching a Dream While Grieving a Loss
- donna conley
- Jul 2
- 3 min read
What This Season is Teaching Me About Wholeness
When I chose the date to launch my new course and community, I didn’t know I’d also be entering a season of deep personal grief.
What was meant to be a time of celebration and visibility quietly unfolded into a space of mourning and reflection. The timing felt cruel. The duality is confusing. I asked myself again and again:
How do you launch a dream while grieving a loss?
How do you hold space for others when your own heart feels heavy?
Is it possible to move forward while standing still in sorrow?
I thought maybe I had to choose—between being present in my business or present in my pain.
But what I’ve come to learn is: this is the work.
Not just what I teach, but how I live.
What Launching a Dream While Grieving Has Taught Me
Grief has a way of peeling back the layers of who we thought we had to be.
It reveals what’s real.
It simplifies what matters.
And somehow, launching a dream while grieving has become one of the most honest experiences of my life.

Here’s what this dual season is teaching me:
✨ Self-care isn’t something I squeeze in—it leads the way.
This grief has made me listen to my body more than ever before.
I let rest guide my decisions. I let my breath remind me when to pause.
My business now operates at the pace of my nervous system.
✨ Rest doesn’t slow momentum—it deepens alignment.
I used to fear that slowing down would mean falling behind.
But I’ve learned that every moment I spend in stillness strengthens my clarity.
What I’m building now is rooted—not rushed.
✨ Vulnerability doesn’t make my work weaker—it makes it real.
I used to think I had to “hold it all together” to lead.
Now I know the most powerful leadership is honest, soft, and grounded in truth.
My grief hasn’t silenced me.
It’s given my work soul.
I’m Not Waiting Anymore
I’m no longer waiting to “feel better” before I show up.
I’m showing up with a whole heart and trembling hands.
I’m building this dream while holding sacred space for my sorrow.
I’m allowing grief and growth to live side by side—and trusting that they both have something to offer.
Because launching a dream while grieving isn’t a contradiction.
It embodies a profound sense of wholeness.
A Soulful Invitation to Begin Where You Are
If you’re carrying grief while holding onto a dream, you are not broken.
You are becoming.
You don’t need to wait until everything feels light again.
You don’t have to postpone your joy until the pain is gone.
You’re allowed to begin now—with your truth, your tears, your sacred fire.
✨ Start where you are.
Start with your truth.
That’s where the magic lives.
🌿 Walk the Path With Me
If you’re ready to explore how to hold your energy, emotions, and truth with compassion and power, I invite you to join me on The Energetic Path.
This course isn’t about fixing yourself—it’s about remembering who you are, beneath the noise and the numbness.
It will guide you through chakra healing, emotional alignment, and spiritual integrity… in a way that honors your unique rhythm and the season you’re in.
Whether you’re blooming or unraveling—or both—you are welcome here.
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