One of the biggest problems I often see, is that once people have taken their first recovery steps, they tend to forget that grief is an ongoing process and sometimes new things about that relationship may come up. If they don't deal with those issues when they arise, they may fall back into old habits and try to stuff down any new pain. Life is work, relationships are work, and nobody, can do the work for you.

How many times have you heard people say things like “just let it go” “move on” or “get over it.” Is it really that easy to let go and ignore the emotional pain that sits heavy in your heart? In this weeks episode I offer a few steps to begin the process of letting go and moving forward.

The thought of digging up one's past can seem very daunting and counterproductive to healing, but your past plays a much bigger role in your present than you may realise. You see, we consciously or subconsciously hold onto those past experiences, and those feelings stay with us even though they may no longer be of any use to us.

Come and listen to my chat with our local psychic - medium David Merritt. A reading with a truly gifted medium can change your life and help you  through your grief and offer a certain level of evidence that the soul survives death. Dave has helped so many people in their time of need as he supports his clients on their grief journey, especially those who are eager to communicate with their deceased family member of friend. Traveling through the grief process is different for everyone, and there is no handbook on how to deal with the inevitable.

Grief is a journey and the roads we take are not all the same. We all have our own coping skills, healthy or unhealthy, and we all have our own way of dealing with it. One thing we can associate with grief is that for most of us is can be extremely challenging, unbelievably heartbreaking and painful.

There is no set time table for how long grief will last or how you will feel at any particular time on your journey. Living with loss is different for everyone and for most, grief never fully disappears, but there are ways to cope and tools to help you let go of your emotional pain.

I feel that many of us do not realize the amount of grief and loss that Veterans carry around with them. They experience so much loss especially if the person serves in many wars.And if they do not deal with their loss, overtime it piles up and they drag around unresolved grief, that grief those men and women carry can weigh heavy on their hearts and minds.

When someone dies, grief begins. When grieving someone who's life is ruled by addictive behavior, your world can be full of ups and downs and  filled with so many overwhelming emotions, and most of the time, the family struggles right along with the addict.

Some of us have become very good at holding onto put pain, mainly because we've carried it since childhood. And many can't let go of their emotional pain because they haven't accepted things that have happened in the past and without acceptance, there is no healing journey.