Grief Coaching and Spiritual Living

Authenticity in the Face of Sorrow and Renewal

Dr. Donna

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What happens when a psychic and spiritual coach faces the profound loss of a loved one? Our guest takes us on her deeply personal journey through grief, sharing a candid and raw exploration of emotions that defy societal expectations. Despite being connected to the spiritual realm, she emphasizes the irreplaceable physical presence of her loved ones. She recounts how she navigated the unpredictable waves of anger, sadness, and fleeting peace after the loss of her son. Her story is a testament to the power of self-validation and the courage it takes to face each emotion without apology.

This episode offers an intimate look at the healing process, challenging the notion that grief should follow a set timeline. Our guest shares the invaluable lesson that all feelings, even those deemed negative like anger, are crucial to the human experience. She inspires listeners to embrace their emotions fully, advocating for authenticity and resilience in the face of profound loss. Tune in to hear this empowering message and gain insight into the transformative power of embracing grief head-on.

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Speaker 1:

How does a person who's psychic, who's in the spiritual community, grieve? And you know, there was no one to show me how to do it really, other than when I started to have my spiritual coach. That helped me, but really, you know, she didn't really show me, she just let me be me. And one thing that I would say is what I learned is to be you, to feel all of your feelings, no matter what. You have to feel the weight of everything and you have to know that one day you may feel good and feel like, oh, I'm going to get through this, I'm just remembering the good moments. And the next moment you can end up collapsing. You can end up crying out of nowhere, screaming out of nowhere, angry out of nowhere. But it's important not to take it out on anybody, but it's important to know that you're going to have a range of emotions and they're all valid, no matter what, and you don't have to apologize for them. And don't let somebody say, oh, it's been a year or two years, you should be farther along. People try to tell me that mess. And I said, unless you're going through it, you don't tell me how to do this.

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I really took my time to feel my feelings, no matter what they were, and I would say the same thing to anyone, no matter what they were, and I would say the same thing to anyone, no matter what you feel all of your emotions. That is the human experience. That's what we do, and I allow myself to be angry. I know that anger is something that we don't really discuss, right, or? Anger is a negative emotion. To a lot of people, ang violence, it represents negativity, but it is still a valid emotion and anger doesn't always have to be a negative thing. It's a valid feeling, and so I allow myself to feel all these feelings. And what it did for me is, it told me, I'm validating myself and as long as I validate myself, I can heal. As long as I didn't fit into someone perception of how I should heal or what I should be feeling as a spiritual coach or as a psychic.

Speaker 1:

Yes, I'm a medium. Yes, there's people on the other side, but still, when you lose someone, you want you rather than be with you right in the physical form on this earth, still enjoying life. Me and my son, we had some goals that were going to come about, some business goals, some different plans, and all of that got taken away, and so of course it would be anger and there would be other emotions and there would be just screw all of this right. Um, there's so much that goes on with grief, losing anybody, and what I would say is I learned that I would not run away from any feeling, no matter if it made other people uncomfortable or if they needed to stay away from me.

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I wasn't going to run from anything. I was going to face it all, because the only way to heal it is to feel it right. And you got to walk through it. You can't go around it and it was painful walk, but I walked through it, and that is important. You have to walk through your pain. You can't escape it because it will just chase you down, and I knew it would chase me down if I didn't get through this.