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Unleash Yourself While Grieving (Part 2)My previous blog was about unleashing yourself into your wilderness, but this blog is about the rest of your life.  Unleashing yourself when it comes to living.Unleash Yourself While Grieving (Part One)Dr Alan Wolfelt, a renowned grief expert, talks about grief as a wilderness of the soul.Be Proactive in Your HealingIt requires you to be willing to change how you’ve been thinking. How you've been feeling.Being with your griefWhat I want you to understand is that you are this beautiful, amazing, wonderful creation beyond how you feel.Embracing Your GriefThis idea might be challenging for you right now, and that’s okay.  Take what you can from it— learn what you can, and leave the rest behind.Say Goodbye to the Pain of GriefThis does not mean that you were OK with the fact that you have lost your loved one.Working through Grief - the Love and the PainI want to share a story about my mother and her grief.  For years after my sister passed away, my mother would talk about how she had no appetite. She often said that she was still so upset, so…Things to Avoid during GriefI don’t like to give prescriptive advice about what you “should” or “should not” be doing like this because everyone grieves differently. However, there are some things that most of us do when we’re…Working through Grief, TogetherCorrect me if I’m wrong, but I’m guessing you probably don’t have the full, rich kind and amount of support that you need to live a healthy, balanced life, even when you’re not grieving.Is it Okay to Make Big Life Decisions While I’m Grieving?I recently had a few people reach out to me who were grieving and thinking about making some major changes in their lives. Experts will tell you that it’s best to put off major changes until after…How to Rebuild After LossThis is such an individualized conversation because rebuilding is going to look different for each person out there.  There are, however, some general tenets to ask yourself when you’re ready to…She May Feel Broken but She’s Still a Woman of Worth!Describing the impact of a loss may be commonly expressed with words like pain, intense sadness, or brokenness. But coping with grief and loss is unique for every person.