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Grieving Living Losses with Rae Karim, Certified Grief Coach
Question
Dear Hope+ Wellth, how do we prepare ourselves for the end of a relationship? What do we do when we know it has to end but we procrastinate because we know once it ends, it’s going to hurt?
Answer
This is a great question and one that isn’t talked about very often. When we think of grief, we often think of grieving someone who has passed away, not someone who is alive and kicking, right? However, I often explain that people grieve many things other than death. We grieve the loss of jobs. During the pandemic, many grieved the loss of certainty and the predictability we had before the pandemic, and we grieve the loss of relationships that we know must end to protect our wellbeing. So, the question is how does one prepare for the grief that comes with ending a relationship and the answer is simple though it isn’t easy – rip the bandaid off.
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