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Grief & Renewal: Embracing Change

Happy New Year. Everyone wishes it, and despite the human negativity bias, there is some kernel of hope that the new year will be happy, maybe even happier than last year.

Our Are You Highly Sensitive masterclass in December was a daylong retreat called Discovering Joy. We talked about turning your face toward the sun, turning up the corners of your mouth, and most importantly rejoicing in the joy of others. These are all effective techniques for embracing joy, and YET...

That nagging feeling of sadness or regret remains. In order to experience renewal, you, we all, have to grieve our losses.

Do you feel grief over your childhood and all the lost opportunities? Every loss, from car wrecks to break ups to the death of a loved one, is felt more keenly by highly sensitive people.

And HSPs process grief and loss differently. No surprise here: We process more, more deeply, and often much longer than people with less sensitive brains.

Traditional grief counseling and literature tends to pathologize the HSP experience of grief, and that MAKES IT WORSE. That is why this class is so important.

Grief expert, retired nurse, and author, Marilee Donovan, RN, MSN, PhD joins family therapist and HSP consultant, Alane Freund, MS, MA, LMFT, in offering the education and affirmation HSPs need to honor,  process, and embrace grief, as they finally move into renewal.

It's a new year, and yes it can be a new you. Embracing change sounds like a challenge. It is. But doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results gets you nowhere. Let's change that.

Maybe you have new grief and loss as you read this, having navigated another round of (sometimes) painful winter holidays with

  • A family who doesn't understand you (and ignores your needs or criticizes and shames you.)
  • Happiness with your chosen family that reminds you of the losses in your sensitive childhood
  • Loneliness and isolation
  • Disappointments in the world, your friends, or even yourself.
  • The death of another friend or family member.

It's a new year, and potentially a new you.