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Do You Take Time to Feel Your Raw and Fragile Grief?
April 21, 2023 | Georgena Eggleston | No Comments
After Raw Grief , the shock, denial, confusion, crying seemingly non-stop, and being in a brain fog, you are STILL grieving, but MUST move back into life. In Raw Grief you feel like grief has blotted out the tapestry of your life. You feel like you have no skin. You are raw. You wonder […]
We Must Feel It to Heal It
November 12, 2023 | Georgena Eggleston | 1 Comment
No one is exempt from grief. It’s a natural consequence of life. But did you know that grief lives in your body? Unprocessed grief is the hidden source of many of our body issues. It can cause us to lose sleep, lack focus, get sick, age quickly and lose motivation. Grief can keep on unwanted […]
Holding onto Guilt After Suicide can Kill You
December 23, 2023 | Georgena Eggleston | 4 Comments
I did not know that after a suicide, your guilt could kill you until my brother died in June of 1994. Two years later, my mother began showing symptoms of a neurological problem, and she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. I believe that the brain tumor occurred because my mother kept going over and […]
Is Grief Sucking your Energy?
December 05, 2023 | Georgena Eggleston | 1 Comment
When grief is in your body, you feel that bone-tired, dragging one foot in front of the other, fatigue. It can also feel like the grief is sucking the energy from your mind, emotions and heart. You have a sense of disorientation, and most likely, you have no map through this devastating terrain. I personally […]
How to Get Relief in the Spiral of Mourning
December 04, 2023 | Georgena Eggleston | No Comments
Everyone knows that grief comes unbidden. The common belief is that thoughts always precede feelings, however, when you are grieving, you may not even be thinking about your child, and suddenly there will be a sight, a sound or a smell that will instantly trigger your grief. So, be aware when you are in this […]
What about My Other Children When I Am Grieving for My Lost Child?
December 03, 2023 | Georgena Eggleston | 1 Comment
It is very, very important for parents to say to each of their surviving children, “You are not (the name of the child who died), you are (the name of the child you are speaking to).” In our wisdom as parents, we said to our son Vincent, “You are not Reed, you are Vincent. You […]
Does Grief’s Grip Have to Last Forever?
December 02, 2023 | Georgena Eggleston | 1 Comment
When you are overcome by grief, it feels like you are adrift on an iceberg that is breaking up in a dance fog. This can lead to feelings of fatigue, devastation, confusion, chaos, despair, shame, anger, guilt, fear of eternal separation and hopelessness. It feels like these honest responses to this loss could last forever, […]
Be Free of Overwhelming Pain: Listen to your Body
November 21, 2023 | Georgena Eggleston | No Comments
Gather some paper, crayons, markers and a pencil. Find a comfortable chair to sit in so your feet are firmly planted on the floor. Ground yourself by noticing how your feet are contacting the floor. Is there one foot that is pressing down onto the floor harder than the other one? Just notice. There is […]
Georgena Eggleston
My transformation from speech-language pathologist to Grief Practitioner was a journey of learning to connect with my bodymind and turning the Divine Doorknob to reunite with my Life Force - my Higher Consciousness, my Deepest Self.
My Gentle Paradigm of embracing grief unfolded as I experienced the losses of my parents, business, home and the suicides of my brother and teenaged son in only seven years. Later releasing a marriage of nearly four decades allowed more grieving. This helped me to become a model of someone who has successfully moved through grief of many kinds and led to my embracing the title of Grief Practitioner.