Where does the heartache go if you don't let it out?
"It doesn't disappear. It simply bides its time, patiently at first then urgently, like a caged animal pacing behind bars." (Quote by Dr. Alan D. Wolfert)
One of the many reasons that I am passionate about normalizing grief and loss is that I have coached waaayyyy too many people who have attempted to bypass loss and grief (of various kinds, not necessarily death, but including death) - and the non-acknowledgement, suppression or ignoring of grief, pain and loss has truly harmed their leadership capacity in really sad ways.
Grief and loss is common to ALL humans.
May we please normalize this experience in our work and life culture?
May we please normalize grief and loss conversation?
May we please bravely walk the journey of befriending grief rather than choosing to bypass it? (It's painful, I know. Believe me, I..
