The Truth About Grief

There are some initially (sometimes quite) uncomfortable truths about grief.

Unprocessed emotions don’t go away, they hunker down and live inside of us, stick to our bones and nerves and become a weight we carry around.

Rather than hold and support us in times of grieving, society plies us with a plethora of addictions and distractions to numb our feelings. This keeps us in a cycle of chasing joy that actually takes us further and further away from it.

In order to feel the full spectrum of emotions, we have to f-e-e-l ALL of the emotions. No grief, no joy.

The seemingly paradoxical beauty of all of this is that once we get past the tabu of naming and discussing and experiencing grief, once we crack it open, we also release the potential for big, beautiful joy.

Follow along to learn about all of the shades of grief—all of its manifestations while I set the stage for a healing grief circle to be held on the occasion of the Autumnal Equinox.