Hope says ritual serves to honor the contents of our hearts, both the love and pain. They serve the function of connection maintenance, helping us feel closer to our loved one who has died. Emotional expression revives a sense of control, helps us feel meaning, and underpins communicable structures. Hope: Rituals can also be very personal ways to connect with our loved ones in a small way.
After the loss of someone we love, we’re inevitably faced with the question, “How do I live with this grief?” In this episode of “Something to Normalize,” Ginny and Brandi offer some answers to this question. Through research and personal experiences with grief, they share strategies, powerful bits of wisdom, and practical tools they’ve discovered. They also discuss how they’ve applied these tools in their own lives, and what was most helpful in their process. This is the second in a two-part series on grieving. Click here to listen to part 1.
In This Episode, Ginny & Brandi Discuss:
- How grief is more than just the loss of a person; it is also the loss of our identity as it relates to that person
- What opportunities grief offers us— like forming a new relationship with the memories of a loved one
- How rituals can have an important role in helping us process our grief
- Ways to navigate the ever-changing nature of grief
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