Grief Coaching and Spiritual Living

Part 14 Transformative Power of Embracing Emotions

Dr. Donna

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How do you find the strength to carry on when faced with unimaginable loss? Join us for a heartfelt conversation with our guest, a devoted spiritual advisor, as she bravely shares her personal journey through the depths of grief after losing her son. Expect to hear raw honesty as she recounts her surprising experiences with the spiritual and psychic community, where she anticipated support but instead encountered unexpected competition. Through her story, we uncover the profound lessons of resilience and compassion that emerged from her struggles, ultimately transforming both her personal and professional life.

Our guest sheds light on her path to healing, which included embracing all emotions and seeking refuge in group grief counseling at Agape Church. These experiences not only helped her navigate the tumultuous first year after her loss but also fortified her ability to support clients facing their own challenges. Her vulnerability and authenticity have become beacons of hope for those feeling isolated in their pain. This episode promises to offer a powerful testament to the transformative power of adversity, as well as the importance of embracing one's emotions fully on the road to healing.

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So this is part 14. I told you know everybody what happened I lost my son and surprisingly, I didn't get the support I thought I would get from the spiritual psychic community. I got you should take time off and I thought, why would you say I should just give up my business and take time off? And yes, I needed time, I needed to work less, but I realized some of them just wanted me off the platform. I have been fortunate on the platform and have a lot of good clients and you know a lot of us who work on it have a lot of good clients.

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But you know there's this, there was this thing of competition and I really don't believe in competition. I believe that the universe expands and there's enough for everybody and there's no scarcity. And I even had clients that I referred to other people and told them you should always have more than one advisor. And I was surprised because what was happening is, even though there are times I just wanted to just lay down, do nothing and sleep, I could hear this voice say continue on, try to do whatever it takes to heal through this, because there are people who are going through similar things that are going to look at you and say, okay, you're going through it, hopefully you can hold my hand through it. And what ended up happening is that I ended up having more clients trust me because they felt like I had gone through hell and I wasn't going to judge them for their hell, which I don't think I judged before.

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But a lot of times we feel alone when we're going through something tough. I felt judged and my stuff I mean. I would hear people say, oh, I pray over my kids. It's like you think I didn't pray over my kid all these years. You think I didn't pray when he was sick? A lot of people pray over their kids and they still lose their kids, but people will say crazy things and it's a lot to process.

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And so all of a sudden, I found myself saying I need to, you know, really find a way to heal through this, to, you know, really find a way to heal through this, but allow myself to feel all of my feelings so that I can be there for other people. And so that's what I did, is I started finding healing modalities. I went to group grief counseling at Agape Church. That really helped. I couldn't find the right. How am I going to survive this I mean the first year is really wild because I didn't know if I was present, not present. I was just going through the motions. I look back. I don't remember everything clearly, so some things may be out of order in these videos of what happened, but I just remember trying to make sure that I would end up okay somehow, because I was still alive and although I was uncomfortable without living, with outliving my son, I was still alive.