Hello Beautiful Person! Welcome to healing your grief two minutes at a time. I have lost a tremendous amount of people in my life. I’ve lost both of my parents, all of my grandparents, my brother and my cousin and I found myself in all of those experiences in a lot of grief groups. I found myself reading a countless number of books. I listening to hours and hours of speakers all trying to heal, and to find a way, anything, that would bring healing to that time and to that space.
But I found my healing in a multitude of places. I found it in Christianity. I found it in Buddhism, in Spirituality, in New Age and, I found, as I was going through all of these different experiences, that I had a crazy collection of ideas and suggestions that might bring you some peace too during this time. Because I know this time feels very hard and lonely and challenging. And trust me. I have been there and I still get there. I still have days. But all of these tips have certainly helped me along the way so I am here to share them with you.
So my first healing tip is to write a letter to your loved one. Write whatever comes to mind: how much you miss them, how much you love them. Give them an update on your day, what you would normally talk about. There’s a part of your heart that really needs to share that experience with them still. So have at it. Get that paper and just let it flow.
Once you finish that letter, I want you to pull out another piece of paper and write a letter from them to you. My favorite show in the world is Super Soul Sunday and Deepak Chopra was on there and he talked about how our loved ones live here when they are alive but they continue to live here when they have passed. So let’s give them a blank slate to talk back to us. So pull out that piece of paper and let it flow. Let your loved one speak back to you and I can not wait to hear what they have to say.
Please in the comments down below, share your experience. Share how this was for you and what your loved one said back to you and how it helped.
I wish you a great week and be sure to tune in next Thursday. I will be placing these videos up every Thursday to kind of help us through the weekend. So, hang in there. This is not the end of the road, it’s just a bend in the road. And be good to your heart and to yourself. Have a great day. Take care.
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Thank you for these words on writing about grief. I have been kenipeg a journal for several years now, but before I started this I had already lost or thrown out the diaries I kept as a child. My sister died age 7 in 1980, so I would have liked to be able to look back on what I wrote as I was growing up. I recently decided to start writing a book about my journey through her death and my healing journey to the present and I found it hard going! It’s still on my to do’ list, although, having written only a few pages, has slipped off the top of the pile. If you have any tips for me, I’d appreciate them!
I’m so glad to hear that you have started writing again. It doesn’t matter that you threw out your old journals. All you have is this present moment to be or to heal. Try writing for just 15 minutes a day and see what happens. Set a timer and just go. I think you’ll be surprised how much you will accomplish in 15 minutes a day. Good Luck! I can’t wait to hear how to goes!