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Good grief, the unwinding, moving from caterpillar to goo, a yoga practice, a book, a song.

Good grief, the unwinding, moving from caterpillar to goo, a yoga practice, a book, a song.

Moving through heavy grief & dissolution, and what's helping me.

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Kari Burch
Mar 18, 2025
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Oh good grief. There’s a classic process I must muddle through every time. I tell myself I can’t deal with it right now. If I start crying, I’ll never stop. If I get angry, I’ll explode. If I allow the grief, I will die of it.

Then, as soon as I find myself in a place where my nervous system feels it’s safe to express it, as soon as someone asks me to s…

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