Good Grief with Jamie Briscoe

We are talking about grief on Pt 1 of 'Good Grief' with Jamie Briscoe. 
Listen in as we discuss -

- the ball of grief
- how to respond when friends are in crisis
- what does grief look like post-adoption, post cancer diagnosis, post death of a loved one? 
- how do we accept and embrace grief as a human experience?

Show resources mentioned - 
How to Respond to People in Crisis: Comfort In; Dump Out | Psychology Today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/laugh-cry-live/201809/how-respond-people-in-crisis-comfort-in-dump-out
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/laugh-cry-live/201809/how-respond-people-in-crisis-comfort-in-dump-out%3famp

Mindfulness or a self-check-in. 

https://positivepsychology.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Meditation-for-Radical-Acceptance.pdf

Radical Acceptance -

1. Radical Acceptance- Current circumstance that causes a lot of pain

We heap SUFFERING on top of our painful experience when we refuse to acknowledge and accept this current situation.

• Accept what is- acknowledge reality
• What can I control/not control?
• Non Judgemental look at situation
• Stop resisiting reality
• Live in present moment DESPITE pain!
• Nurture- routine, rest, soften, ease, hydrate, comfort

Radical Acceptance questions to process:

• Realities I am refusing to accept:
• Behaviors I choose when I refuse to accept current reality:
• How I experience suffering when I refuse current reality:
• Resistance I feel in my body when I refuse to accept current reality:

(release tension in stomach, back, neck; allow tension to soften, send deep breath to that place of tension and allow the release of the breath to send out the tension)