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πŸ’” How Do You Overcome Grief? A Life Coach’s Guide to Healing with Compassion

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  Overcoming grief isn’t about “getting over” a loss — it’s about learning how to live   with   it, in a way that honours what (or who) you lost and allows you to heal at your own pace. Here’s a compassionate and practical guide to  help yourself or others move through grief  — especially from a life coaching or mindset perspective. Most of these stages are  Denial  Anger/resentment Depression  Acceptance/Acknowledging  bargaining πŸ’” How Do You Overcome Grief? A Life Coach’s Guide to Healing with Compassion Grief is not a straight road — it’s a spiral. One day you’re okay. The next, a song, a smell, or a memory takes you right back to the ache. And that’s normal. Grief is the price of love. And while we can’t “fix” it — we  can  learn to carry it with more strength, meaning, and even peace. 🧠 1. Understand That Grief  You might have heard of the “5 Stages of Grief” (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance) — but real...

Experience of losing a pet

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Experience of losing a pet and what helped my recovery It’s normal to feel intense grief and loss at the passing of a pet. Many young people share a deep bond with animals. Pets can give your life purpose and add structure not to mention they provide us with endless love and joy. Last year was a tumultuous time due to the pandemic and a series of lockdowns. But this year I experienced the death of a family cat who was my child my baby. This cat  was a member of the family and had been with us for 19 years. Experiencing losing her was emotionally hard on me. It was heavily devastating. This impacted my mood significantly in the short term. I was low, sad and crying a lot. In the long term throughout the grieving process and getting past the heavy sadness, there came the positive, happy memories I had with her that made me feel so grateful for the time and the life she gave us. One of the things I held onto a lot was talking about the loss and the experience with close ones around me...