Remapping Your Neural Pathways in Grief

The various losses we experience shape us in more ways than we often realize.

My widowhood shaped me profoundly and left me spinning.
The loss of my parents shifted the ground beneath me.
The loss of my best friend left me feeling isolated and lonely.
Even the death of our beloved pets can leave us aching for the unconditional love and acceptance they provided our lives.

We will be shifted by death in its different forms.

One experience of loss can’t prepare you for the next. All connections and relationships are as unique as a fingerprint.

Your connection to what was lost will require remapping your neural connections (in the brain) and shifting their *new* place in your memories.

You can’t remap when you escape, run, hide, or numb your emotions. You will need to deeply understand what they meant to you and what your relationship was in the past (lean into it) and then remap their essence and place through journaling, breathing, quality counseling, and more. Remap your relationship in space, time, and proximity (more on this soon).

Healing isn’t linear; no consecutive, neat, organized five-step programs exist. Some will experience all the stages of grief, and some will get stuck in a phase that does not serve their best growth. If you want to avoid getting stuck, you must do the work to process, grieve, heal, and live beyond your various losses.

Only you can…

Michelle