Tendrils of Grief

Overcoming Survivors Guilt and Learning to Love Life


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Susan welcomes Ria Ray, who is an artist, a creator, and a spiritual teacher. Her life took a defining turn when she was in her late twenties and a horrible accident took the life of her immediate family. Her need to make sense of this tragedy propelled her to look within and try to make sense of the world and understand the meaning of life. Walking through her grief, she found a determination to embrace life and love, which at the time seemed rather irrational.

 

Ria is fully committed to continuing to push her own boundaries, past her internal limits, so she can feel and experience more of herself. Her drive strengthens her ability to serve the consciousness of humanity in the most expansive way possible and it is contagious to be uplifted by this energy.  From workshops where she guides people to learn to be fearless and embrace uncertainty, she moves people to own the beacon that shines within, to bypass the judgment and pain on their road to discovery.

 

Key Takeaways:

  • Ria shares how a terrible tragedy changed her life and became a defining moment.
  • You don’t know how other people are going to react to death.
  • Ria was sued by her own extended family.
  • Ria met a powerful inner strength that she had no idea that she had.
  • Ria talks about how grieving became a glue that brought together past trauma and her experiences in a dysfunctional family, and how she learned to see through all those layers to progress personally and emotionally.
  • Ria talks about how she experienced survival guilt and kept on blaming herself for not being there.
  • The tragedy awakened a missing part of Ria, and that missing part was her soul.
  • Ria speaks about the first time her heart opened.
  • Painting allowed Ria to free her soul.
  • Ria found her purpose in giving, sharing, and helping, she didn’t want anyone to feel as desperate and lonely as she did.
  • Little steps are the only way to heal.
  • Ria explains how she teaches other people to accept their vulnerability and connect to their souls.
  • Ria found that she could be anything that she wanted.

 

Resources

Tendrilsofgrief.com

Email Susan: [email protected]

 

Meet Ria Ray:

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