Understanding grief can only truly come through experience. In today’s episode, I'd like to share Five Grief Lessons I've learned over the past four years. These lessons have helped me better understand and handle grief's unpredictable process. I'll share these five powerful lessons, which I revisit whenever I feel the emptiness of grief creeping in and overpowering my everyday life. When I feel alone in my journey with loss or face new losses—which has recently happened—these lessons help me navigate the new grief alongside the existing one. They are always by my side, reminding me how to approach those moments when I lack the confidence or strength to glide through them easily.

Here are the Five Grief Lessons discussed in today's episode:

Lesson 1 - How to Help Someone Grieving in the Initial Weeks

Lesson 2 - Time Does Not Diminish Grief

Lesson 3 - Grief is Like Glitter

Lesson 4 - Wash the Orange Cup … When the Time is Right

Lesson 5 - Grief is a Coral Reef