Practice Mindfulness
Mindfulness is awareness of the present moment with acceptance and without judgment. The tendency of the mind is to judge our experience as pleasant/unpleasant, good/bad, and then we attempt to avoid or numb out the experiences that we judge as unpleasant, such as grief. We can’t selectively numb our pain without also numbing positive emotions, like joy. See if you can allow the feelings of grief to be and simply notice them with compassion. When we can open our hearts to our suffering, we can begin to thaw the emotional numbness, which makes room for us to begin to open to greater joy.
Practice mindful Self-Care
Eat healthily, get adequate sleep, and exercise your body. Get out into nature, breathe fresh air, and take in the beauty of the natural world with your …show more content…
In addition to being present with the grief, it’s equally important to practice opening to joy. Make time to do things that you love, and give yourself permission to feel good again.
Live Well
Loss reminds us that life is short. Use times of loss as an opportunity to reassess your own life, and begin to ask yourself questions about whether you are living a life filled with joy, doing what you love, and making meaning in your life. Begin to live intentionally, consciously choosing how you live your life. View this as a chance to gradually make some changes that allow you to live mindfully and live well.
Life inevitably entails experiencing loss, but loss doesn’t have to result in hopelessness. If we take the time to develop a spiritual path that prepares us to cultivate the heart to be present to whatever arises, we can begin to develop a sense of internal refuge that prepares us to meet whatever life brings our way. When we learn to balance being present with our grief with opening to joy, we find hope. We may even find that opening our hearts to our grief and joy results in experiencing more of a sense of aliveness and joy than we were able to access prior to the
Mindfulness is awareness of the present moment with acceptance and without judgment. The tendency of the mind is to judge our experience as pleasant/unpleasant, good/bad, and then we attempt to avoid or numb out the experiences that we judge as unpleasant, such as grief. We can’t selectively numb our pain without also numbing positive emotions, like joy. See if you can allow the feelings of grief to be and simply notice them with compassion. When we can open our hearts to our suffering, we can begin to thaw the emotional numbness, which makes room for us to begin to open to greater joy.
Practice mindful Self-Care
Eat healthily, get adequate sleep, and exercise your body. Get out into nature, breathe fresh air, and take in the beauty of the natural world with your …show more content…
In addition to being present with the grief, it’s equally important to practice opening to joy. Make time to do things that you love, and give yourself permission to feel good again.
Live Well
Loss reminds us that life is short. Use times of loss as an opportunity to reassess your own life, and begin to ask yourself questions about whether you are living a life filled with joy, doing what you love, and making meaning in your life. Begin to live intentionally, consciously choosing how you live your life. View this as a chance to gradually make some changes that allow you to live mindfully and live well.
Life inevitably entails experiencing loss, but loss doesn’t have to result in hopelessness. If we take the time to develop a spiritual path that prepares us to cultivate the heart to be present to whatever arises, we can begin to develop a sense of internal refuge that prepares us to meet whatever life brings our way. When we learn to balance being present with our grief with opening to joy, we find hope. We may even find that opening our hearts to our grief and joy results in experiencing more of a sense of aliveness and joy than we were able to access prior to the