Standing Strong In Your Grief

In this episode, we reaffirm this podcast as a  space for people who are grieving and affirm that there is no right or wrong way to mourn. You are other to stand firm against shame, hold to your pace, and see tears as proof of love, not failure.

• no judgment and no guilt while grieving
• grief has no time limit or rulebook
• standing firm in your own pace and boundaries
• accepting waves that arrive out of the blue
• tears as evidence of love and bond
• body awareness and simple care during loss
• language that fits your experience and needs
• this space as support when you feel unseen

If you are needing to be seen and feel accepted, this is your place. Here there is no shame in tears. Please share with someone who needs gentleness today and their grief honored. 

I am Frances, The Caring Death Doula, and I am here for you.

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Chapters

• 2:04 A Safe Space For Grief
• 3:17 No Rules And No Judgment
• 4:11 Standing Firm In Your Way
• 5:21 Tears As Proof Of Love
• 6:08 Support From The Caring Death Doula

Transcript

SPEAKER_00: 1:23

Thank you for joining me today, and welcome to the podcast. I wanted to remind you, my viewer, that this is a safe place. It's a place for you to come, and there's no judgment, there's no shame, and there's no guilt. You grieve the way you need to grieve. And it doesn't matter if what you're grieving happened a week ago, a year ago, 25 years ago. Grief has no limits. As you know, grief can just pop up and hit you out of the blue. And I want you to know that's alright. There's nothing wrong with you. You're not doing it the wrong way. This is a place for you to come to and to listen. And I hope that you feel supported. I hope you feel heard, seen, and not alone. Because grief is hard. It's hard on us in so many ways. It's hard on our bodies.

SPEAKER_01: 2:36

And we need someone to just listen. And I want you to know that I'm here for you.

SPEAKER_00: 2:45

There's no shame and there's no guilt. And however you're walking this path, whatever you're needing, there's no rules. There's no rule book. There's no guidebook. No map. This is your journey. This is your grief. And no one, no one has the right to judge you or shame and guilt you. No one. And I want you to stand firm in that. I want you to stand strong in that. I know you may not have strength to do anything else while you're grieving. But stand strong in the knowing, in the belief, in the knowing that this is your journey.

SPEAKER_01: 3:43

This is your path. If you don't like the word journey, then put in whatever word you need. Path. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00: 3:58

I use the word journey and I hope it doesn't offend anyone, because that is not my intention. But stand firm and that no one is going to make you feel guilty. No one is going to shame you. And if you're still crying, if you're still grieving something, because what that shows, what that reveals to you and to us, to the world, to anyone who cares to really listen, to really see, it shows your love. It shows you love for your loved one, for your pet, your love, your hopes for your dream, for the situation, for the relationship.

SPEAKER_01: 4:52

This is your grief. Stand firm in it that no one no one's going to make you feel little because you still need to cry.

SPEAKER_00: 5:07

And I hope you can use this podcast as a place to come when you're overwhelmed, when you don't feel like anyone really cares or really understands or sees you, under hears you.

SPEAKER_01: 5:27

This podcast is for you.

SPEAKER_00: 5:32

And please stand strong in that there's no rules. And there is definitely no shame in your tears.

SPEAKER_01: 5:44

There's no shame in your grief. I am the caring death doula, and I am here for you.