Grief-It’s not just about losing somebody–more symptoms… Part 2

When I say the word grief, people might assume I’m talking about losing someone. Grief goes FAR BEYOND the death or loss of people we love. You might be grieving a person, a relationship, a marriage, parenthood, a career, lost time, a special place, your body/figure, your childhood, etc… Grief is associated with ANYTHING that feels like a loss.

Many of us know about the “stages of grief” and I think we process that way to help us navigate through the shock that accompanies loss. I want to share important symptom information about grief that might come as a surprise. Let me share what I mean with examples.

When I was 50 years old, my sweetheart, Ray, passed from illness. I won’t go into detail here, but I expected a different outcome. I already knew about energy work, but I didn’t expect some of the “side effects” that came along with that grief. I got confused, I couldn’t think straight, I was completely overwhelmed, I couldn’t process information in my head, and my mood and thoughts changed drastically from minute to minute. To put it bluntly, I felt like I was losing my mind.

Let’s switch to another person in grief, age 75. She lost her son very unexpectedly without warning. She had trouble forming words, she was confused, disoriented at times, and was now scared that given her age, dementia or Alzheimer’s was setting in. It wasn’t her age creating that distress. It was grief. Our society is very quick to label symptoms without asking, what is going on emotionally? I was so grateful to be able to comfort this lovely lady since at 50 yrs. old, I experienced the same “grief symptoms”. Her age had nothing to do with it. She was grieving. I’m happy to say that she was able to work through her grief, and she came out of that SHOCK FOG.

Heavy emotional situations can make us feel like we’ve been hit by a bus and left to die by the curb. I’ve seen plenty of clients get stuck in the energy of grief. The parent who has a hard time with the empty nest, the divorcee who can can’t move on, the feeling of a lost career, missing someone daily…

I want to give you hope! Tapping can not only change that stuck energy state by releasing emotions and locked up patterns, but it can also flip your energy by bringing in miracles!

What happened to that 75 year old lady? She is now 80, and as a former professional dance instructor, she is going on a Dancing with the Stars cruise, and dances 3-4 times a week! She processed her grief energy, and opened up to a life she loves!  When you clear out that heavy emotion, you NEVER know what will open up! Letting go of the grief doesn’t mean you don’t love the person or situation anymore.  It means you can feel the happy memories, and more importantly, you can move on and thrive! (There can be a bunch of beliefs and emotions surrounding this part of the scenario that needs clearing!)

Someone wrote me asking, how is it different working with a practitioner vs. Tapping on yourself by yourself. It’s very different especially when you are clearing out heavy emotions and patterns.  Part of what keeps each of us stuck and frustrated, is figuring out what the heck is in the way, and why can’t we move past “it”! If you’ve got all of the above activity and fear going on in your mind and body, how the heck do you expect to sift through it all and clean it up by yourself? Just talking about “it” without moving the energy out, might never bring the relief of flipping to the other side of the pain. Suffering vs. getting Tapping help to get on with the good stuff…hmmmm, which do you choose?