emotional freedom

Did you know that you are able to apply grief recovery to relationships with the living, deceased, and also the relationship to yourself?

Throughout the past year, I’ve worked through processing what is emotionally incomplete. I’ve worked through relationships with several deceased relatives, some living, and also with my relationship with my inner-child, money, and alcohol.

In the United States, it will soon be Independence Day (4th of July). We collectively celebrate our societal freedom, meanwhile, many of us feel as though we are stuck in emotional jail? What a paradox!

Do you feel as though you are in emotional jail, despite having all of the freedom in our country that we’ve been blessed to experience? That’s normal and natural because grief is normal and natural. Feeling emotionally incomplete keeps us feeling as though we are imprisoned. Grief itself feels like this. Do you agree?

I felt as though I was in an emotional prison in the context of a certain relationship for many years. It wasn’t until I processed and worked through those feelings in an action-based, structured way, that allowed me to, once and for all, experience emotional freedom. I learned how to release all that I could not change, the emotional pain I was harboring, and process the grief I had around the loss of hopes, dreams, and expectations I had for the relationship.

Working through my relationship to alcohol enabled and empowered me to give up the emotional hold it had over me. It’s so easy to reach for a drink when we’re feeling stressed, bored, or upset.

Think about it – how often have you had a bad day and, a friend suggests going for a night out on the town to get your mind off of what’s bothering you? Or, do you resort to alcohol as a way to loosen up when socializing because, without it, you feel inadequate or uncomfortable? In a couple of weeks, it will be eight months since I’ve had a drink – even a sip of alcohol! I absolutely contribute the work I’ve completed around my relationship to alcohol, in grief recovery, to the fact that I haven’t felt the need (or, desire for that matter) to have a drink.

I am not anyone special. I am a griever just like you. I just happen to learn new tools and methods for finding my way to emotional freedom. And, every time I feel myself becoming emotionally reactive, I know that’s an area where I have some work to do.

Do you desire emotional freedom?

Are you a recovering addict – whether it be to alcohol, drugs, or otherwise, with at least a year sober under your belt and, are ready to work through grief, specifically, in a supported and guided way?

Regardless of the losses you’ve endured (grief is grief), grief recovery will help you complete what is emotionally incomplete –

I have two spots open right now for grief recovery online, one-on-one, if you are ready to do the internal work. Grief recovery is hope. And, if you’re a parent of a child struggling, know that, very soon, we will be able to work together online with the four-week Helping Children with Loss program. Stay tuned for more info on that!

And, if you’re not quite ready to work with me but are wanting to get to know me better and learn more about my teaching style, you can listen to my recently launched podcast, Grieving Voices. I am thrilled to give other grievers the platform and opportunity to share their grief stories as well. If this is you, please get in touch.

Have a safe and joyful independence weekend (if you celebrate)!

much love, victoria

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