How To Handle Grief
No matter what you think, eventually, it will happen, and someone you love will be lost. Your parents will pass. A friend will die suddenly. God forbid, a child you love dies. A friend stops reaching out. A job is lost. You are rejected by someone. Broken hearts with grief are a sign that love is there.
I know it sucks big time. Below are some practical ways to help you heal, but don’t hesitate to get help with holistic therapy when you find yourself in a brokenhearted grief-stricken situation.
So what are the steps to be taken to help heal your broken heart? Of course, it will be different for everyone, but here we go.
Take A Break. Take Time For Yourself.
Have you been going hard, non-stop, with no breaks, no vacation, and not a second to think? Do not act like your heart is not broken or that the loss was no big deal. It is important to have honor, respect, and gratitude for the love that was there or that you hoped for even if it was sudden. Taking time to be there for yourself is healing.
When you have grief, just like when you are sick, take time for yourself and care for yourself. If you have someone to help you, have them help care for you. We do not have to bear the burden of the brokenness alone. So when you take that break for your heart, make sure you have someone to lean on.
Breaks can come in many ways.
Maybe you need to stay home.
Maybe you need to change jobs.
Maybe you need to move.
Maybe you need to go on vacation.
Whatever it is that helps you process the heartache and recharge. DO IT. If you don’t then it could physically manifest in pain, IBS, or other autoimmune and physical issues. People die of grief every day.
You can read more about how I help people heal physical issues with emotions here.
Taking time to process is the most important thing you can do to help heal when grief strikes. It doesn’t have to be painful forever.
Find Someone That You Trust And Talk About It.
Taking a break is helpful, but you cannot just bottle all your feelings up about this loss. Find a friend, therapist, spiritual guide, or mentor that you trust and talk with them about it.
Journal About It.
Say what you need to say. Get it all out.
Write about what you hate!
Write about what you love!
Write what you wish you could say.
Write what you wish would have been different.
Write a eulogy.
Write what you are grateful for.
Take Care Of Your Body
It is going to feel like you can’t eat, sleep, work, or breathe sometimes. But it is so important to keep living, chances are that the person you lost would want you to. It’s fine to take some time and mourn, but keep a routine. Read. Drink your coffee. Make breakfast. Go to the gym. See friends. It’ll get easier with time.
It might feel like the end of your life, but it is not.
It Is About Love
The reason grief is so painful is because of all the love. If there isn’t love, then grief is harder to come by. So remember and be grateful, the love was so overwhelming, the grief is a brief reminder.
Not only that but there is love for you in the future. Whoever you lost does not want you wasting away missing them. They want you to feel love and joy again as soon as you possibly can. So reach out if this grief pain is going on and on.
Emotional Polarity Technique™ At Open Heart Holistic Therapy Can Help!
Grief will heal with time, but can remain an open wound that is never fully processed. At ohht with the holistic therapy EPT™, we guide you through forgiveness statements and affirmations to mend what was broken. Even though it is still painful, and may at times feel like it will never end, EPT™ helps it heal faster by letting go of old emotions and bringing in new ways of loving and creating.
If you are still suffering from grief long past, or compounded loss, consider trying this incredible therapeutic modality. At ohht we offer a free 30-minute consultation and a discounted 90-minute first session. If you don’t feel the difference in one session, you can have your money back.
What are you waiting for?