3 Things That Contribute to Our Grief and 8 Things We Do
In the past few years, we have all experienced a lot of loss, a lot of disappointment, and a lot of change. With the challenges and joys of our everyday lives, we have also lived through a global pandemic, rising racial tensions, and a volatile political landscape. It’s a lot to experience and that sense and reality of loss, disappointment, and change contribute to our grief.
In a recent conversation with Paul Zelizer of The Awarepreneurs Podcast, I had the opportunity to speak about healing grief through ritual and embodied practice and I believe you may relate to our conversation. The Awarepreneurs Podcast is all about the intersection of three things, conscious business, social impact, and awareness practice.
As Paul & I spoke, we quickly mused on 8 things we know people DO when they grieve, some even speaking from personal experience. This is what we came up with, though it’s not exhaustive.
What do people do when they are grieving?
You medicate that shit
You go to the bar, even if the bar is at home or delivered.
You hide it
You don’t talk about it
You have sex
You go shopping
You go run faster
You do a lot of push-ups
What’s that particular thing you do when you grieve?
My desire, with my co-facilitator Sara Nics, is to create a safe container where we can grieve in community as a ritual and an embodied practice. Grief is natural, normal, and universal. And when we release and transform it, we make space for new energy. Grief is an emotion we can feel in our bodies and our community grief rituals invite space to move and acknowledge it all. It’s a gentle sacred time to bring awareness to your grief. You don’t have to hide it. One delightful thing we’ve also discovered is that our grief rituals can actually end in celebration and joy!
If this calls to you, register for our upcoming online Community Grief Ritual.
In our 90-minute online event, you’ll be invited to:
release sorrow, anger, fear, and numbness
experience embodied/somatic healing work
access and express emotion in a supportive community
feel lightness, freedom, creative energy, and a greater sense of possibility in life
““We need to notice what’s happening in our bodies.””
Dive deeper into your emotions.
Go on an Emotional Tour with Femme!
Release the contraction with AIR!, one of my private coaching programs.
Create your own Sacred Grief Ritual with my guidebook.
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Watch on Youtube to hear what happened when I couldn’t say, “This Hurts.”
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