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Grief is a natural mental-emotional-spiritual process which helps us accept inevitable broken bonds (losses) throughout life. Some people and families grieve more effectively than others. Premise - incomplete or blocked grief is a common family stressor which promotes physical illness, and reduces bonding, intimacy, and family nurturance. Family adults can intentionally promote a "pro-grief" environment in their homes by... ● fully accepting your stepfamily identity and what it means; ● assessing each co-parent and child for false-self wounds, and helping each other to reduce them as needed; ● learning and discussing "good-grief" basics, including permissions to grieve; ● identifying and updating the anger and grieving policies (shoulds, musts, have-tos, and ought-tos) in each related co-parenting home; ● inventorying the key physical and invisible losses (broken bonds) that each adult and child has experienced; and then... ● checking each child and co-parent for signs of blocked or incomplete grief, and learning how to free that up. In this Web site, safeguard Project 5 is devoted to helping co-parents create homes and relationships that encourage healthy grief in all family members and supporters. Does this describe your family now? slides / more detail / Project-5 index and guidebook / close |
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