The Grieving Journey On the Path to Grieving

Grieving is a normal process after a loss. The death of someone can be very traumatic to the people left to deal with this. After the funeral is over and the flowers and cards stop coming in is when the real grieving begins. Most people are still in shock, numbness, and disbelief. This is a time when family, friends, coworkers and neighbors can be a big help in the healing process. Understanding some key elements in the grieving process will be beneficial when helping others who are grieving.
1. Understand that there is a natural process of grieving. It is normal to have intense emotion, feelings of guilt, embarrassment, and anger.
2. There is no set time for people to go through the grief process.
3. Each person grieves completely different.

Ways to help someone who is grieving:
1. Don't be afraid to just go over to there house and sit with them. You don't need to say the right things. There may be awkward moments but you will get through them. Just be honest and be staight forward. Your there for support and that is the most important.
2. Provide a listening ear. Listen to their stories. They may want to talk about their loss, they may cry, they may laugh, be angry, just listen.
3. Ask sensitive questions and get them to talk about their feelings if you can. Its very important that people who are grieving express themselves. Its very healthy for them.
4. Make a lunch or dinner for them. You may want to organize a social network such as the neighbors to each make a dish that can be frozen. Having healthy food in the house for the bereaved is a great way to help.

The Grieving Journey was created to give insight on what to expect when you are new to grief or know someone knew to grief. Grief is the natural process of healing after a loss. Loss can be a painful experience and healing can take longer than you expect. A loss can be a death of a loved one, a friend, co-worker, a pet, or a relationship. Here you will learn that there are ways to help you cope and live with your loss. By coming here today, you have chosen a path to Wellness. We want to help empower individuals and their families on ways to cope with their loss and help them on their journey through the grieving process.

Grief is like peeling an onion. You need to peel one layer at a time in your grieving process. Be gentle on yourself and take one day at a time.