Grief by Design blog post #1
You’ve probably heard about the five stages of grief.
Maybe you’ve used the term “working through grief.”
Perhaps you’re undertaking tasks and steps experts say are necessary to move through grief.
While these are popular ideas, you won’t read about stages or tasks here or anywhere on The Loss Art website. Why? Because the concept of stages of grief is a myth. And because I believe creating is a more joyful approach than working, whether you’re coping with loss or doing pretty much anything in life.
Welcome to my first post in a new blog series called Grief by design. As we go forward together, I invite you to read the blogs that speak to you – and I’d love for us to speak to each other. You can connect with me and each other by commenting below or on The Loss Art Facebook page. To reach me directly, send a message to julie@thelossart.com.
The Loss Art offers a creative approach to grief and bereavement support
I believe you can design your grief experience as part of a social and meaning-making process. Don’t worry – you don’t need artistic skills! As a certified Creative Grief Support Practitioner, I’ll coach and support you as you tap into your innate creativity to express a personal response to your loss and grief – in your own way.
Above all, you’re the expert on your grief experience. I’m here to help coach you on your journey of:
- Coping with loss
- Living with grief
- Healing after loss
- Feeling stuck anywhere in the grieving process
Check out the Services page to read about upcoming grief workshops and other strategies for coping with grief. All are designed to help increase hope and joy and to reduce suffering in your grief recovery.
Going forward, my blog posts will focus on singular topics or messages. They’ll reveal more about my approach to grief support and be written to inspire you to honour your grief and reimagine your future. By embracing creativity, you learn to find more ease in your everyday living and to engage in life again after loss.