Give Yourself Permission to Grieve

Give Yourself Permission to Grieve

From Grief Unplugged® by Heather D. Horton

June 15, 2018 · 12 min

About this episode

This episode emphasizes the importance of giving oneself permission to grieve and explores the complexities of the grieving process.

Episode 002- [Grief Unplugged Podcast] - Give Yourself Permission to Grieve Hello & welcome to the Grief Unplugged podcast. I am your host, Heather D. Horton. Grief Unplugged is a podcast that frees professional women from the blockages of grief to find purpose in their pain. This episode is fundamental to your grief journey - giving yourself permission to grieve. I will explore and unpack what is grief and the grieving process, identify the many faces of grief, and validate the uniqueness of your grief experience. How do you keep going when you would rather stop waking up or crawl into a ball and never come out? Give Yourself Permission to Grieve. Grief is an inevitable part of life. Remember that we live in a fallen world, where blessings and sorrows intermingle freely. Grief knows no zip code. It touches us all at some point in our lives in more ways than we realize or recognize. It is unpredictable. It is not mental illness or a sign of weakness. It is the normal and natural response to trauma and loss. It is an act of love and compassion to ourselves when you allow yourself to work through it. Trauma, includes not only serious injury to the body, as a result of physical…

People in this episode

Host: Heather D. Horton

Topics covered

  • grief
  • grieving process
  • mental health
  • self-permission

Keywords

  • grief journey
  • professional women
  • uniqueness of grief
  • life challenges

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