Navigating the Holidays Need #2

Tips to navigate the holidays...Interpreted from “Healing Your Holiday Grief” by Dr. Wolfelt

"UNDERSTAND THE SIX NEEDS OF MOURNING Need #2: Embrace the pain of the loss."

This is usually avoided in our culture unfortunately. We have strayed so far from understanding that mourning the loss and experiencing the pain is the truest way to honor their loved one's life.

We try to "stay strong" for the sake of others when all it does is cause us unbearable internalization.

Try your best this holiday season to initiate or maintain a practice of fully embracing your loss and the true depths of the pain it is bringing for you. It's more important now than ever.

It's good to remember that if we sit with our grief in opportune times it will come up less often in inopportune times.