“Grief and Loss are Incredibly Complex Experiences”
“Joy is rebellion.” ~ Jillian Keller
You are not broken. Maybe you just need to be listened to?
When we have experience of loss or grief it can be incredibly difficult to function within our normal routine. If you are feeling this way recently, (and as the holidays approach) your emotions around these feelings are likely strengthening… You are not alone.
Think on This:
Grief isn’t only about the loss of a loved one; it’s a profound experience that can emerge from any significant change or transition. If you, (like me and so many others) have felt the waves of grief—anger, sadness, fear, loss, or even despair—please know that these feelings are a natural part of a psychospiritual healing process. This is self-exploration, self-compassion, and personal transformation, helping you to move through challenges and grow into greater self-awareness and peace.
Why not try a new approach? By integrating techniques such as mindfulness, meditation, self-reflection, and intentional practices, you can release limiting beliefs, process unresolved emotions, and find deeper meaning in your grief and loss. You might even move more quickly; gain forward movement beyond the state of emotion you are currently in… toward the bigger focus… the purpose of your life.
We all have lessons to learn regarding grief and loss. Somehow, it is about spiritual wellbeing and a stronger connection to oneself in life, embracing a path toward inner balance, fulfillment, service.
For Example:
· If you have lost someone whom you are mourning… You now have a new spiritual relationship with that person. It is a new personal relationship!
· If you are grieving a situation that has recently occurred around you… You might see a personal lesson for you in this loss.
· If you feel unaccepted, angry, or even desperate… You might begin to accept that your feelings are not right, wrong, good or bad, they are just what you are currently feeling. What might you change to lessen or remove these feelings upon you? Who might you refrain from?
“Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
Grief and loss are deeply personal, let yourself experience it without judgement. Feed your heart with new daily rituals, untapped resources and the support of people, nature and your own inner gifts of creativity. Do you know that you need? Seek what ever “it” is, ask for “it”, work toward “it” and “it” will be found.
Two Simple Tips:
1. Validation exercises are gentle practices that help you recognize your emotions and understand that they’re part of your healing. By accepting and valuing your feelings, you’re giving those feelings within the space needed to be processed, rather than stored away. This approach can reduce the intensity of your emotions and accelerate your path to peace. Healing is a process toward a restored sense of empowerment and self-compassion which leads to acceptance, peace and balance.
2. Begin a quiet daily focus just noticing (in some way) how your grief and loss has lessened each day.
3. “Thank you for the magnificent outcome with ___.” At the end of each day, review what specifically went well for you today and notice that there is yet so much to be grateful for. Every single day!
You can reframe your perspective. You can find hope! New daily practices don’t ignore the pain, but rather, your new daily practices will balance the pain. You will experience newfound clarity with your stronger focus on nurturing feelings of love, appreciation, and connection to the present. You will notice an untapped awareness brought to the people, moments, and strengths within and around you. Over time, you will likely feel the balance that you’re currently yearning. You will begin a new alignment. The journey you must experience will heal with new insight and acceptance.
Your newfound hope is a quiet force that doesn’t erase your strong emotions but invites healing and a sense of peace to coexist within you.
Sources
Why the Five Stages of Grief Might Not Work for You
