[5-Bullet Friday] Navigating Grief and Loss (+ Science-Based Tool)

Dear {NAME}, This week, we're touching on the importance of navigating grief and loss. 1. Food For Thought While grief is commonly associated with bereavement, it's an emotion that can manifest in response to the loss of many things we value, such as a job, a relationship, an opportunity, material possessions, or a part of our identity. As such, people often don't recognize the sadness they are experiencing as a form of grief. Instead, they may label it differently and struggle to process their emotions. As practitioners, we can help our clients accurately define and understand their emotions. By doing so, we enable them to make sense of their feelings and devise effective strategies for dealing with them, resulting in powerful breakthroughs that lead to post-traumatic growth. 2. Inspiring Quote "The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not 'get over' the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal, and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again, but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same, nor would you want to." – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 3. Free Science-Based Tool Analyzing My Way of Grieving. Far from being a purely emotional response, grief is complex and multidimensional, and everyone experiences it differently. There is no right way to grieve. You can use this tool to help clients identify how grief manifests for them. This will help them validate and better understand their response to trauma so they can find their way forward. [[Link](. 4. Book Recommendation Option B – Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant. Based on Sheryl Sandberg's personal experience following her husband's death, Option B examines how grief affects us and how we can build resilience and move forward after experiencing loss or trauma. It contains a wealth of scientific insight from psychologist Adam Grant. One of the most valuable takeaways is how to overcome the sense of permanence grief takes on when we're in the midst of it. Adversity is an unavoidable aspect of life, and this book teaches us how to deal with it through a powerful mix of personal story and scientific theory. [[Link](. 5. A Question For Your Clients "Where could you find support that you aren't getting right now?" This question gives your clients an actionable way to reflect on their current support network and explore what options to meet their emotional needs are available. Speak soon, Seph Seph Fontane Pennock Co-founder, PositivePsychology.com P.S., If you'd like more ways to support clients dealing with trauma and grief, take a look at our toolkit, [17 Grief & Bereavement Exercises]( which contains a variety of science-based techniques to help people navigate their grief in a compassionate way. © PositivePsychology. com Sent to: {EMAIL} |  PositivePsychology.com, Gandhiplein 16, 6229HN Maastricht, The Netherlands Don't want future emails? [Unsubscribe](