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Grief

Grief is a four letter word. Actually a lot of four letter words. Pain; Loss; Fear; Ache; Hurt; Weep; Over; Dead; Gone.

How do you recover from that litany of vocabulary? How do you pull yourself out of bed every morning? Face the day? Go on living?

We can never really know how we will handle grief until we are faced with it. Sometimes we can plan for it – we can pile up contingencies – we can even have glimpses as to what it might be like via smaller disruptions in our lives. But when “the big one” hits, it will almost always catch every one of us unprepared – or at least off guard

Everybody will deal with grief differently – each in their own way – there is no absolute right or wrong way.

But one of the best things that you can do for yourself, as the dust settles a bit, is to seek some sort of outside support or help. Don’t try to carry it all alone. Find an objective third-party, preferably someone with experience, to assist your healing. See a counselor, a therapist, a hypnotherapist, a Reiki Master, a priest, pastor or doctor.

Reiki can soothe your spirit and return your mind and body to a state of calm and peace. It can make getting out of bed each day a little bit easier…a little bit lighter. And one day, hopefully sooner rather than later, you will be okay again.

The human body and spirit is amazingly resourceful and resilient. Your life may take on a slightly different “hue”; you may completely redesign yourself and your priorities but this does not have to be a bad thing. Everything will be okay – even though it probably doesn’t feel that way at the moment.

Seek out those that can understand and lend guidance and support in your time of grief.

“I began Reiki about a month after my husband passed away. I was looking for peace. My body and mind were full of anxiety. The Reiki seemed to calm me, helped me to find my center. I distinctly remember after a treatment sitting up and saying “I can breathe again”.      The stress was lifting. Shawn has a healing touch.  Thank you for all you have done for me!!”      n.j.