Question 1: What’s your favourite Disney Pixar movie? 

Disclaimer: We do not claim to be experts on this subject. We are speaking on our own journeys through this process. 

Ecclesiastes 3:4  https://www.bible.com/bible/116/ECC.3.4 

Stage 1: Denial · It is minimizing the pain we are feeling. · Trying to survive and finding coping mechanisms. · To deny your hard reality and pain will mean that you are denying your healing. · Acknowledge the hard reality you are going through Stage 2: Anger · Give motion to your emotions. · Give yourself permission to feel. · Practically: Go for a run Do meditation Get around people who will get around you · Exercise will give you: A physical release A space to work through what you are feeling Endorphins that are released into the brain (combats Cortisol) Question 2: What do you need to be honest with God or others about? Stage 3: Bargaining · The WHAT IF/IF ONLY stage. · If this happens then I will do this (negotiating with Jesus). · Justifying anything and everything. · Disconnected from reality. · Acknowledge your emotions and thoughts but don’t accept them as facts. – Dr. Caroline Leaf Stage 4: Depression · Moving from the past and facing what is presently happening. · Be kind to yourself · It is ok to ask for help. · Take breaks from your feelings. · Feelings are like kids in a car. Question 3: - Where do you need support? - How can you be kinder to yourself? - How can you speak differently to yourself in hard realities? Stage 5: Acceptance · Learning to live with the new reality. · Finding hope for the future to hold onto. · Moving forward over moving on from reality. · Mindfulness · Newness and restoration · Phil 4:12-13: https://www.bible.com/bible/1849/PHP.4.12-13 How to help? · Avoid rescuing or fixing people. Support them. · Be present. · Be empathetic, not sympathetic. · Don’t force help onto people. · Be available and accessible (if you have the capacity) Big Question · What is God’s heart for us through each stage?