Loss is an integral part of life. Without loss there is no new beginning. Everything ends — and yet, energy can not be destroyed.

Loss is a natural part of life. Yet, we live in a time and society where loss and grief are often denied or pathologized. Working with loss and grief is a very personal and individual process that can not be hurried or compressed into a particular time frame or format. It includes

• allowing memories to come
• allowing and exploring all feelings that come up around the loss
• exploring one’s belief about life, death, and what may lay in between
• spiritual and faith based activities — and questions
• readjustment to life without the lost part
• facing one’s own fears of death and loss
• etc.

Grief work also is not limited to losses through death. Loss happens to us in many forms and needs to be grieved / worked with.

• loss of youth
• loss of a dream
• loss of a relationship or career
• financial loss
• loss of health and physical capacity
• loss of status
• loss of culture and home
• loss of trust or safety
• loss of memory and mental capacity
• loss of security
• loss of innocence
• etc.