Reclaiming Self-Care

Let’s talk about grief. That’s a fun topic, right?

What does it feel like for you? (Do you even know? Or have you spent so much time and energy resisting grief any time it comes up that what you actually feel is the mountain of emotional resistance ON TOP of grief, and not the grief itself?)

For me, grief feels like gripping in my chest and heaviness in my gut. It’s hard and dark and brings with it waves of nausea, throat constriction, and tears.

You know the saying, “Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.” Grief is an example of that. Grief itself is painful. But what makes it worse is the suffering we create for ourselves within that mountain of emotional resistance.

Pain is part of the human experience, and if we allow ourselves to feel the pain WITHOUT MAKING IT WORSE FOR OURSELVES, we can get through it more easily and fluidly.

I was having a conversation with a couple of friends one time. One was going through something hard. The other said, “You don’t deserve to feel that.” And I stepped in with vehement disagreement. She did deserve to feel the pain of that moment. AND she deserved to have tools to help her navigate it and support to bolster her through it.

We all deserve to be equipped with the capabilities to navigate life’s painful moments so that we can get through them as fluidly as possible instead of creating our own suffering with emotional resistance.

If you’re in a moment of pain right now, grief or otherwise, I’d like to offer you a set of tools to help you navigate it and a community of support inside Project Reclamation. I built it for you.