Grief and Loss

You feel heavy and lost in a fog.

When your loved one left, the world stopped. The warm delivered meals, service, and kind notes from friends and family – have all come and gone.

“Moving on” feels like the right thing to do, but even moving ranges from complex to impossible some days.

You can barely differentiate one day from the next. Every morning you wake up and are hit with that sudden, disorienting moment where it feels like you’re in your “old life” with your loved one.

And then you remember that they are gone, and the world seems upside down. A wave of anxiety hits: “How will I get through this day again?” The world keeps going, but you have little energy to do anything.

Grief has so many shapes and meanings.

Grief is a normal and natural emotional reaction to a loss or change.

The causes of grief can include the loss of a friend, family member, coworker, or pet. Grief can also result from moving, changing jobs, finding out about an illness, a breakup, ending a friendship, or changing any other relationship.

Grief can also result in broader strokes: you feel sadness and anger for the state of the world, processing the pandemic, or any life stressor that was too much, too soon, and too fast.

There is no one “right way” to grieve.

Everyone has their way and pace in their grieving. Many conflicting feelings usually accompany the grieving process.

Often, loss brings up prior losses or fear of more loss. I will witness your big feelings in our work together and help you make sense of them.

I want to provide a space for you to openly express how you feel as you share your sadness and memories. Discussing how you feel can help you become more aware of unhelpful behaviors and feelings, allowing you to find peace in your sorrow and loss.

You don’t need to “move on.”

Instead, you can “move with” your grief. You don’t “graduate from grief” – it is ongoing and ever-changing. But feeling your feelings, processing, and honoring your loss can make your grief feel more manageable.

You may not need fully to “let go” of someone who has passed or a significant change in your life. It is up to you what balance of holding on and letting go feels right.

There is no reason to grieve alone. Please get in touch with me today, so I can walk with you on this journey as you process the grief you feel.