Grief Into Grace: Healing and Self-Discovery After Difficult Decisions with Brittany Mondido

Making hard decisions doesn’t mean there isn’t a grieving process that follows it.

I noticed this when parting from relationships– platonic or intimate.

It may not have been understood by another and others had me questioning my inner knowing, yet I knew, deep inside within me, that I needed to honor my own Soul alongside the other person or people involved.

This isn’t easy. It doesn’t come easy whether it’s the decision, the conversation, the parting, the unspoken words or unfelt feelings and everything that follows including learning to live a life without the person, the job, the place…

Grieving means you’re allowing yourself to, not only physically release the what you’re letting go of; also allowing yourself the space and integration of learning of new life without it..

What has deeply supported me is resourcing healthily meaning, staying consistent with your practice whether that’s sleeping at the same time and deeply attending to your needs moment by moment. As the energy moves and thoughts are, well, thought… you will need consistency and to feel safe in your body and with your decision.

Nature and laying on the ground– The Mother– allowing her to hold me has been life-changing for me helping me feel and be held by something much Greater than myself– helping me see that I don’t have to carry it all and was never meant to.

If you don’t have a “relationship” with Nature, it comes naturally when you spend time and space. The best part is is, you’re not doing nature; you’re being in Nature– being in your natural state and you will begin to see yourself in the seasons… in the Earth… in the birds… in the sky… you will begin to smile and cry and feel from a much deeper place and resource from Source itself. Consistency is key and compassion for yourself if you feel like you’re “falling short” or “off”; it’s a very normal… natural… part of the process. Nothing is wrong with you. 

My prayer is that you gift yourself the space of grieving… to feel what needs to be felt and trust in your Knowing.

And, to close: attending to your needs, daily, may look different. Today it may look like a cold shower in the morning, going for a run, and closing the day with a warm essential oil/candle lit/epsom salt bath or it may look like beginning your morning in Nature, yoga, and closing the day with your favorite childhood movie–– whatever it is, learning your needs and learning how to attend to them is the key to feeling safe in your body, trusting yourself that you got you and learning to attend to the parts that need holding; not only when you’re grieving, yet along this entire life journey.

I love you.

Heart open, always.