Do you feel grief in this pandemic?
✨ I feel and hear of so much grief, it’s tangible. Mourning the loss of loved ones. Loss of safety, structure, routine, rituals, income, school beginnings, endings.
✨For new mums, the loss of connection with others, loss of touch with family, sharing your baby. For parents, loss of space, headspace, clear lines between work and kids. Those with children with additional needs, loss of support and respite. For those TTC, loss of care and much longed for treatment. And for those who have lost their babies in pregnancy or birth.
✨We’re all managing uncertainty – a huge task for us as humans.
✨Sometimes it helps to name our pain to manage it.
✨Kubler-Ross talks about 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. I know from experience, as you may too, that these stages aren’t linear.
✨Grief expert David Kessler recently added a sixth stage: Meaning. “I believe we will continue to find meaning now and when this is over,” he says.
“With a virus, this kind of grief is so confusing for people. Our primitive mind knows something bad is happening, but you can’t see it.”
✨Meaning-making is dynamic. Ongoing. Go at your own pace.
💜 I’ve spoken to three people this week who have been vaccinated. I felt emotional hearing this news: a reminder there IS light at the end of the tunnel.
💜So remember, we can hold hope too.
💜Let’s hold hope together.
💜TELL ME – what helps you find light in the dark?
