Essays

AI, career breaks, and grief robots

What I learned from a bunch of job applications, research rabbit holes, and an episode of Black Mirror

Jan 14 • Jackie Daly

What a dance weekend taught me about living with grief

Dancing, life chapters, and matryoshka dolls

Sep 23, 2024 • Jackie Daly

How good times struck me like a tuning fork

"Good times. These are the good times."

Jul 23, 2024 • Jackie Daly

Swimming with grief: the healing power of salt water

Grief work, snorkelling, broken glass, and dogs

Jun 16, 2024 • Jackie Daly

A garden project grows me

Riding waves with YouTube videos, team sports, and a hundred wheelbarrows of stone

May 27, 2024 • Jackie Daly

Grief’s Fingerprint is Shaped by Love

My essay in WAY Forward magazine

May 3, 2024 • Jackie Daly

By the light of well-sewn promises

Fast fashion to couture, via wedding vows

Mar 3, 2024 • Jackie Daly

How I found twenty years of wisdom in One Day

What I learned from zooming out

Feb 18, 2024 • Jackie Daly

I learn a lesson about creative process

Courtesy of a storm-blown fence, two writer friends, stale flat bread, and two wise artists

Jan 31, 2024 • Jackie Daly

From a grief cave to a radio show

By way of a fairy-tale veil

Jan 24, 2024 • Jackie Daly

Finding grace by dancing with grief

The medicine in music and movement

Jan 17, 2024 • Jackie Daly

A grief poem, a fashion parade, and learning to sew

Jan 10, 2024 • Jackie Daly

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