Don’t try to rebuild your life.
REBUILD YOURSELF
Author of What Grief Could Not Take. Bharatanatyam dancer for over 40 years. 25 years in technology.
Where this began · a memoir
What Grief Could Not Take
If grief has ever left you standing in rubble with no five-step plan in sight, this book is for you. It will not hand you closure. It will hand you something you can use, a way to keep choosing joy while the rubble is still there.
“The book does not rescue you. It offers a path.” Rudra, India
“More than a memoir. A thoughtful invitation to participate in your own rebuilding.” Cleo Taarini, United States
“This book made me pause and look at my own life a little differently.” Deepika, India
Rebuilding happens in three stages. Where are you?
Hello, I’m Roopa Vittal
I am here to remind you, amidst pain,
Joy endures.
I’m a mother, a gardener, a storyteller, a dancer and a former techie. I rebuilt my life from multiple losses and found that rebuilding happens in ordinary moments: noticing beauty in what remains, expressing what you feel, keeping a small routine, finding the stories that hold you. Joy, I learned, is a practice. That is B.A.R.S.
This is where I share the stories and small practices that helped me after loss, in case they help you too.
Work with Roopa
Walk it together
B.A.R.S. began as the way I rebuilt my own life. I now share it in person, shaped for each group that invites me in.
The Library
Keep the practice going
Workbooks and journals for the days between, and a few things to read.
