Tag: mourning

Sympathetic hands

Grief Feeds on Sympathy

There is a period that sympathy is welcome when first going through a grieving period. After some time, grief catches on and starts to use it to keep you locked in its grip. Some people make the mistake of looking for sympathy over the long term, and when they cannot […]

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Moving Forward is Not Moving On

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” (Joseph Campbell). I heard Eddie Pinero say this quote on his podcast, Your World Within. (Pinero, 2022) The statement could not be truer. Looking to find a better version of yourself is ripe with indecision, and anything that has helped […]

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Losing Someone Can Become an Opportunity to Find Yourself

Rewarding and easy do not go hand and hand, but it puts the griever in an excellent position to find themselves. Life is not simple, and your grief brings that to the forefront of your mind. You can no longer pretend, procrastinate, be like others, or be like your former self […]

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