If you have not read Come as You Are (2015) by Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., there is one section that provides such a lovely metaphor that describes how much of what we experienced growing up contributed to shaping how we see
Grief is all around us. Although we can’t live our lives in fear anticipating the loss of our loved ones, many people in our culture at times choose to live in denial of death/dying. And then when close friends/family experience
I was thinking about how much I love the holidays but also the pressure and stress involved too. There are a lot of “shoulds” over the holidays…attending parties, buying gifts, sending holiday cards, some family members encouraging you to eat
Whether it’s the death of a loved one or loss in the form of change in our life (divorce, move, job changes…), all of us will endure grief and loss in our lifetime. How we experience the loss is unique.
