7 Reasons Why It’s Okay to Hurt

 

Loss is hard. IT HURTS.

We lose people, marriages, relationships, jobs, health, homes, financial solvency, and so on. Whatever the loss, we grieve.

Why does grief hurt so much? Check out the video above.

In this 5 minute video, I share 7 reasons why it’s okay, or should be okay, to hurt. If you don’t have 5 minutes, here’s a summary:

Grief hurts because it is personal. Every person and every relationship is unique.
Grief hurts because it upends your world. Your life has stopped, while the world seems to go on unaffected.
Grief hurts because it’s confusing. Emotions hijack you. Questions surface. How did this happen? Why? What now?
Grief hurts because it changes you. You’re not the same. Life isn’t the same. Your relationships aren’t the same either.
Grief hurts because others don’t understand. It can be a painful, lonely road.
Grief hurts because it hits the heart. It can crush and shatter it.
Grief hurts, because love is real. Because we love, we grieve.

I’m passionate about helping us heal and grow in the midst of loss and great challenges. In order to keep doing that, and do it better, I need your help.

Could you answer one question for me? Yes, just one. A one question survey about your own grief experience.

Your answer will help me produce more books, courses, and resources designed to help us grieve well, heal, recover, and grow.

Click here to get started. I really appreciate it.

Loss hurts. We’re in this together, and we need each other badly.