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.