#6: Experiencing #collectivegrief (the Covid19 "loss of community") - a podcast by Kat D James

Let's chat about GRIEF + Collective Grief & the different ways we experience it in our body. I had an unexpected & unannounced visitor show up - her name was Grief and she refused to leave for several days! I did not want her here, it was like she knew I had been avoiding her, hiding from her. But I realized I was tired of hiding & I knew if I kept ignoring her, she'd come back again later.  I decided I was ready. This time I will face you, Grief. I knew I must allow myself to really FEEL what she was bringing with her. To let myself EXPERIENCE GRIEF. I felt it in my body. I noticed that old familiar sensation, ANXIETY, burning in my belly - but I felt it evolve and there was more, there was a HOLLOW + huge emptiness in my belly, my chest, my heart. It took up so much space in my body but simultaneously felt so empty. I felt Grief growing, expanding from my lower chakras up to my throat chakra - the purifier of the body and energy body. How do we allow ourselves to ride out these overwhelming + even paralyzing emotions? How do we face them VS drown them out/push them down/bury them deeper? Is there anything we can do to make it easier - to assist in the process + encourage the emotions to RISE and get them UP & OUT? Is it okay to talk to our kids about our mental health + share w/ them what we are feeling?

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