Grief Is Calling and It Wants Your Kind Attention
Loss is undeniably one of the most challenging aspects of human life. Our bonds of love and friendship become an integral part of our consciousness and keep life filled with joy, fulfillment, and connection. When these bonds shatter, an intensely painful void is left raw.
The grief process can span many years or even a lifetime. It’s a delicate process that requires love and support for healing and recovery to occur. Here are some supportive holistic therapies that can assist with the grieving process:
End of Life Doulas
End of life doulas are there to assist families and individuals dealing with imminent loss. Providing companionship, wisdom, and guidance in the death process, end-of life doulas offer non-medical support ranging from physical assistance, emotional processing, and having deep conversations, to giving advice on advance care directives, discussing end-of-life care planning, and making the individual’s space the most comfortable and peaceful. In this way, end-of-life doula’s serve as the best possible sidekick for one of life’s most challenging events. (Excerpted from a previous blog post: What Is an End of Life Doula?)
Grief Coaches
If you need someone to guide you through the grief process, but don’t need someone to physically assist, a grief coach is a great way to go. Grief coaches can help you make the many often overwhelming decisions that come with loss, including dealing with finances and physical possessions. And possibly most importantly, as experts in loss and the resulting grief, they can help you navigate all of the complex emotions.
Bodywork
Every life event registers deeply inside your body, especially the ones with the most weight around them. As the saying goes, “your issues are in your tissues.” Thus, therapies that release muscular tension like massage, Rolfing therapy, yoga, chiropractic, physical therapy, and more can be incredible beneficial for resolving emotional challenges like grief.
Grief is universally challenging. With the right support, it can be a means of self-growth and inspired connection. We hope this post provided you with some ideas to steer you in this direction.
