loss — Positive Psychology and Mindfulness Practices to Help You Thrive

Usually, when people think of experiencing grief, they think of someone who is mourning the death of a loved one. While this is a very real and plausible grief situation, there are other less obvious circumstances in which grief is encountered. Grieving the death of someone is the most common way to grieve, but the loss of a place or the loss of time and associated opportunities are other ways to experience grief (Gitterman & Knight, 2019). The social acknowledgement of grief in response to a non-death loss is minimal, and oftentimes people who grieve these losses suffer silently. Therefore, I’ll be exploring ways in which people who grieve a death or non-death loss can cope and overcome these trials.

7 Practical, Healthy Ways to Find Comfort While Grieving

Everyone encounters grief at various points in their life, even though each person's circumstances are unique. Although grief is a universal experience, no one has quite figured out the best way to navigate through it. That's because grief is an impossibly complex response to losing someone or something you held in great value. In other words, grief – while painful – is necessary, and one of the cornerstones of being human.

While there’s no easy method for dispelling grief, there are a number of strategies that can allow you to grieve in a more healthy, productive manner. As you process your own loss, try to make use of the following grieving tips from My Best Self 101 that have helped so many others before.