EPISODE 21: [MINDFULNESS] HOW TO HANDLE DIFFICULT EMOTIONS (LIKE GRIEF)

Sep 24

Takeaways

As a culture, we don’t talk about grief — and from the people I’ve interviewed with who’ve lost someone, who are needing supporting, others around them simply don’t know what to say. According to the founder of Reimagining Grief, Lisa Keefauver, MSW shares, “Our lives are built by the stories we tell of our experiences. A death, a devastating loss (of relationship, ability, homeland, or even dream), or a traumatic event is akin to the manuscript of our lives being torn to shreds and handed back to us with no instructions on how to re-write or live our lives. Grief is the journey we’re on as we re-write and live into the story of our lives.”

Depending on what you feel you’ve lost, whether it’s a relationship, a dream, or someone dear to your heart, today’s mindfulness practice is based on Toni Parker, Ph.D.’s post with The Gottman Institute about “6 Steps to Mindfully Deal with Difficult Emotions.”

Whether your emotions are grief, anger, confusion, fear, loneliness, sadness, or any of the spectrum of feelings you may currently be experiencing from any type of loss, today’s mindfulness practice is for you.