"You have to seek the kind of support that helps you inhabit your grief...the kind of support that is compassionate toward your grief." 💜

Since the 1980s we've been told that emotional suffering is rooted in untreated 'mental disorders' rather than in unmet social/psychological/relational needs. In no other period has this historically outlying belief so dominated, nor has mental health disability so increased.

I am honored to be included in this month's issue of Richmond magazine in this excellent article on "Big Feelings." Our culture sucks at allowing and supporting feelings when they don't fit the "choose happiness" narrative. #grief #pain #sadness #rage

Dear non-bereaved (non-traumatized) people: please know that saying “don’t let your grief define you” is saying “Your grief makes us super uncomfortable, so please act as normal (aka: like you used to be) as possible so we don’t have to deal with your pain or our own discomfort.

Grief in there too…

Absolutely. And all the signs and beautiful spiritual connections we may experience can never take the place of actually having them here. 💜

Anguish.💔

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💯 Absolutely.

Good thing Twitter didn't sell out to Zuckerberg. #facebookdown #instadown

Tiny performances are awesome. #tinydesk

Remembering Theo. Remembering them all. #waveoflight @ Northside, Richmond, Virginia instagram.com/p/CVEYLDlFibg/…

Everyone should see these films. Truly. I'll be on a live panel 11/9 with Dr. Mark Pirtle Dr. Mark Pirtle producer and writer of Is Your Story Making You Sick? and Angie Peacock of Medicating Normal Watch for free here: watch.showandtell.film/watch/story-me…

Missing from our tables. Still present in our hearts. Love to all missing someone…

Thanks Sara Novak for our talk and this article 💜 We don't have proof yet, but we can definitely feel the flow of the energy. 🙏 #chakras #energy #prana #reiki #balance #yoga

No such thing as “Prolonged Grief Disorder.”

This is what grains of sand look like when magnified 100 to 300 times. Dr. Gary Greenberg's photographs magnify grains of sand 100 to 300 times, exposing swirling microscopic shells, eroded crystals and colorful coral fragments [source, read more: sandgrains.com]

Just awesome.

Black Therapists 📣Check out this training! #BlackGrief #TraumaticGrief #BlackTherapists

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