Grief and Self-Care
Engaging in self-care for grief has been monumental for me in the past. It takes a bit of mild movement combined with self-soothing activities such as crocheting or yoga. This way there is softening in the heart to cope with the heaviness of the grief. This helps to just breathe through and comfort myself. Simplifying the thoughts and processing through these gentle movement helps walk myself through those thoughts. Sifting through these thoughts at a scheduled time in the day helps me allow myself permission to feel the feelings and not just let it simmer within my head. These scheduled worry times are part of cognitive behavioral therapy. Doing this as many times I need through the week helps me nurture myself and provide the dampening of the heaviness chipping away at it in digestible pieces.
Thinking of new ways to self-soothe has been always a creative process in itself for me. Here’s to finding ways to nurture ourselves….