Grief and Loss
It’s a series of paradoxes…
You’re full of feeling, but you’re drawn to the emptiness and lifelessness.
You want to remember, but you also want to forget.
The memories are beautiful and sweet… yet they torment you.
You crave the company of others, but you withdraw, feeling like they look at you differently now.
Talking about it eases the pain a little, but it makes you miss them even more.
This back-and-forth is tearing you apart, and you don’t know what to do
An unbearable nightmare…
You keep hoping to wake up from it, but the relief never comes.
Meanwhile, you ache for their presence. The pain is so deep it takes your breath away.
It feels like your heart is shattering.
Longing for what was…
It’s what you do to combat the grief, pain, and emptiness.
Abandoned, you turn inward, longing for peace.
It’s a burning… a hunger… a yearning you don’t have the energy to explain.
It simmers underneath the surface, but you worry…
How long before you reach the boiling point?
It’s all you can do to fight the grief, pain, and emptiness.
Alone, you turn inward, searching for peace.
It’s a burning hunger—a yearning that’s hard to explain.
It simmers beneath the surface, and you wonder…
How long before you reach the boiling point?
An explosion feels inevitable.
You’re feeling the anger, the self-righteous indignation. It’s getting harder to hide.
Anger is energy—both good and bad.
You feel it pushing and pulling at your soul.
You just yelled at someone you didn’t even know. It made you laugh, then cry.
Your faith is shaken.
How can you keep trusting God when nothing makes sense anymore?
You wonder if there’s someone, a professional, who will truly understand and listen.
It’s been a while since your loss, yet you can’t move past the pain. You wonder why you can’t just “get over it.”
You’ve been shattered, broken, ravaged.
I’m here to help you put life back together.
Mourning isn’t passive. It’s what you do with your time that shapes your healing.
To mourn successfully, you have to take a trip down memory lane—but it leads to a choice: to survive or not.
Mourning successfully means shifting your focus from the past to the future.
Like a broken bone, deep pain and tears come with healing. Why should putting your heart back together be any different?
“Not only is God with his people when they go through times of grief, but his people, too, are called to weep with those who are weeping. The community of God’s people is often the very means by which God ministers his comfort and peace to the brokenhearted.”
–Romans 12:15
Regain life balance and purpose…
It is said that “time heals all wounds,” but time doesn’t “do” anything.
Grieving is difficult work that was never meant to be done all by yourself. Together, we’ll bring attention to the soul-based nature of grief, which is often ignored.
Grief requires inward contemplation that includes the Creator God. He is the one who will supply meaning and show you how to live a renewed life.
Let me walk beside you on this journey.
You have so many reasons to get out of bed in the morning. Call now, and we’ll start with your free consultation: (417) 448-0144.
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