Healing in Grief - A Guide for Everytown for Gun Safety

Now that you have a list of things you do for self-care, along with things you want to try, take a careful look and scratch through those things that are no longer serving you, are not healthy, or you are not likely to do. [...] What feelings of guilt have you experienced? Are these feelings rational or irrational? In other words, is there anything you could have done to prevent what happened, or is that something you wish you could have done? A helpful exercise might be to take your exploration of guilt step-by-step. [...] Meaning is what you make happen.” When thinking about the ways you can engage in activities that create meaning for you, what would you like to try over the next week to help in that process? Write a poem, draw a picture, create a memorial, reconnect with an old friend to tell them how you are doing — what would you like to do? Set your intention to get started on that activity. [...] But there are things you can do to rediscover what it is for you: ● If prayer serves or sustains you, set aside time for it; ● Read spiritual texts that you find comforting, attend services, and share your circumstances with a religious leader who can help place the death in the context of your faith; ● Gardening or communing with nature, which offers ample opportunity to observe the rhythms of li. [...] Would you like to do more self-reflection,see a grief counselor, join a grief group, read a book on grief, buy a journal to do a deeper dive? Or would like to take a break for a while? Your grief journey is your own.