G is for Grief & Gratitude What do we do when love breaks our hearts and fills them at the same time? When grief sits beside gratitude — both insisting on being felt? In this episode of The ABCs of Polyamirite, Chelle explores the quiet relationship between two truths that shape every polyamorous life: love changes, and love remains. Grief arrives when a relationship ends, when compersion doesn’t land, when metamours drift, when imagined futures dissolve. Gratitude arrives when, despite all that, something inside you still whispers thank you for what was, and what still is. In non-monogamy, we’re told to focus on abundance and joy, but grief and gratitude are part of that abundance too. They’re the pulse of love in motion, the reminder that endings and beginnings share the same breath. What if grief isn’t an interruption of love, but its continuation? And what if gratitude isn’t the denial of pain, but the way we stay connected to what’s real? Through honest reflection, stories, and body-based practices, Chelle invites listeners to see grief and gratitude as co-conspirators in healing… two lenses that help us keep our hearts open, even when they ache. In this episode, you’ll learn how to: ✅ Recognize the many faces of grief in polyamorous relationships — from major losses to daily micro-griefs ✅ Discover how gratitude can soften grief without erasing it ✅ Map your gratitude network and honor the people who shape your polyamorous journey ✅ Reframe difficult emotions through appreciation and perspective ✅ Express gratitude creatively and physically — beyond words ✅ Practice holding both grief and gratitude in the same breath ✅ Understand how grief reshapes love, and how gratitude helps it keep flowing Grief is love transformed. Gratitude is that love, still glowing. Polyamirite | Relatable Content for Polyamorous Humans Music Credit: Kevin Burdick, “You Still Melt Me.” Art Credit: Kat Fiscaletti, @katfiscalettiart