This post was inspired by something one of my favorite former professors, Graham Disque, said to me recently:
“Don’t try to let go or get rid of the thought – we can’t. However, it just might let go of you.”
It struck me later how this view could be taken and applied to moving through grief.
I’ve mentioned [...]
Archive for September, 2008
A Few Thoughts on Letting Go
Posted in Grief, Healing, letting go, tagged Grief, healing grief, letting go on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Clean Grief vs. Dirty Grief
Posted in Consciousness, Grief, tagged clean grief, dirty grief, Grief on September 16, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. ~ M. Kathleen Casey
In her book, Steering by Starlight, Martha Beck talks about the difference between clean pain and dirty pain. She describes “clean pain” as the unpleasant feeling an individual feels when something bad happens. “Dirty pain” is described as the suffering that comes from an individual’s thoughts [...]
3 Healing Grief Rituals
Posted in Healing, Rituals, tagged grief rituals, healing grief on September 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rituals can be extremely healing. My definition of a ritual is basically a symbolic action by an individual or groups of individuals to honor or pay respect to someone or something. Rituals can be a great way of acknowledging and honoring a change or transformation in one’s life. In terms of grief, the most commonly [...]
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