06/12/2025
Here’s the reality of what we are dealing with at a very deep level. Sometimes we can’t even put our finger on this tension.
Grief pulls you in two directions.
There’s the pain of loss that freezes you in place, making it hard to move forward.
And then there’s the instinct to survive, our inner pull toward self-preservation, toward choosing to keep living even when it hurts.
Both exist at the same time.
And navigating that tension is part of grieving.
We feel in an impossible knot without any energy to unravel it while being pulled and torn in opposite directions.
One way to ease the pain is not by avoiding to feel it, it’s by taking a few minutes every day and let it come out, put words on it, talk to it or write it down.
I measure it… if what I feel is a 10 on a scale from 0-10, I let it wave through me, count down from 10 while slowing down my breath. Maybe tap in a few meridian points on my face and body.
The result is that after a few minutes it goes down from 10 to 3-4… and that’s enough to carry me through the day.
That… and Teddy cuddles♥️♥️♥️
Hope this helps someone in these stressful festive weeks.
❤️.