When the Thing You're Saving Isn't Actually the Thing | Brianna George

Brianna George spent months not buying a grief journal on Amazon. Turns out, that hesitation saved her life.

In this conversation, Brianna breaks down how a screenshot she kept going back to became the catalyst for ending a 20-year marriage, building a coaching business, and creating the framework she now teaches others: awareness → acceptance → aligned action.

This isn't a story about finding yourself through journaling. It's about what happens when your body starts keeping score of a life that looks fine from the outside but is slowly collapsing on the inside. And what it actually takes to do something about it.

What we cover:

• Why she kept not buying that grief journal—and what her intuition was actually telling her
• The difference between grieving death and grieving "the life I thought I had with someone I thought I knew"
• How burnout is your body screaming that something needs to change
• Why "once you admit there's a problem, you gain responsibility for fixing it"
• The year she spent creating her own grief framework instead of buying someone else's
• How doing the thing might fuck up your life—and why that might be exactly the point
• What it feels like on the other side: "It's joy. Pure joy. And grief."

Key quote: "Do it afraid and it may fuck up your life as you know it. High party of one—fucked up life from where I was. But the thing is not the thing. It's part of the journey for you and it's real. Listen to that intuition. It might not be pretty. In fact, I can almost guarantee you it's gonna be really messy. But it's worth it."

Connect with Brianna:

• Bold Living Coaching: https://briannalgeorge.com/
• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@briannal.george
• Published Journals: https://amzn.to/4hyxt15