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Mental Health Moment 6 - Grief & Loss · Life Lived Better

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  Hello there, and welcome to another mental health moment
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  from the Lifelift Better podcast.
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  This is a place where we take just a couple of minutes to care
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  for our minds. I'm Paula, and in this episode
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  we're talking about something that every one of us will
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  experience at some point in our lives.
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  That's grief and loss. Grief is a natural response when
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  we lose someone or something that we care deeply about.
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  It can come after a death of a loved one, at the end of a
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  relationship, or or even when we have a major life change.
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  And while it is a universal event, it's very personal.
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  No two people grieve in exactly the same way.
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  Sometimes grief can feel like it's coming in waves, where one
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  moment we're OK and then the next it just hits hard and
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  that's normal. And there's not a timeline.
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  There's not a right way to grieve.
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  What matters most is allowing ourselves to feel what we feel.
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  The sadness, the anger, the confusion, even moments of
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  relief or peace. All of it is really part of the
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  healing. It does help when we reach out
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  for support when we talk to someone that we trust, a family
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  member, a friend, even a counselor or a support group.
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  Sharing the story, even in small ways, can ease the weight of
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  carrying it all alone. And we can't forget self
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  compassion. Grief takes so much energy, so
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  we have to rest, to eat, move our bodies, and give ourselves
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  permission to take things slow. Sometimes healing is not about
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  moving on, not at all. It's about learning to move
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  forward while we keep love and memory close.
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  If you're grieving right now, please know that you're not
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  broken. You're not alone.
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  Grief is love transformed the life.
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  Live Better podcast thanks you for joining us for this mental
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  health moment. Until next time, take care of
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  your mind because it's the only one you've got.
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  And don't forget that knowledge leads to a life lived better.