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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 grief is a common family stressor which promotes physical illness, and reduces bonding, intimacy, and family nurturing. Adults can intentionally promote a "pro-grief" environment in their homes by... ● assessing each adult and child for false-self wouns 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-to's, and ought-to's) in each family home ● inventorying the key physical and invisible losses (broken bonds) that each adult and child has experienced; and then... ● checking each child and adult for signs of incomplete grief, and lear- ning how to finish it. self-improvement Lesson 3 is devoted to helping adults create homes and re-lationships that encourage healthy grief. Does this describe your family? |
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