Grief is just this huge sort of untidy thing that our culture wants to tidy up and package up and tighten up. A great example of that is Elizabeth Kubler Ross's stages of grief. That was never meant to be for grief, as you well know, right? I mean, this was for dying. And yet we have made this like, well, wait, so if I'm at stage five, you know, I'm almost over it. So can't get to remembrance without going to the grief.
In this Episode, You'll Learn:
- How there are many different forms of grief
- Why we need to surrender to our grief and turn toward painful feelings
- How there are many painful emotions that exist under the "grief umbrella"
- The challenge of surrendering to grief in a culture that constantly pushes for happiness and avoidance of pain.
- How we can strengthen our ability to cope with grief by continuing to allow it in
- The importance of finding emotional support when grieving
- Why animals provide the best emotional support
- How providing emotional support to someone grieving includes just being with them and holding space for their grief
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