Grief can be a very heavy and overwhelming emotion. It can seem to live within us, its own lifeforce that can't be tamed. At times it may feel that grief may take us under or be with us forever. Yet there is more to grief than meets the eye. My guest this week, Annie McDonnell, is an acupuncturist, sound healing practitioner, and grief guide who teaches self-care practices to nurture tender hearts and cultivate resilience through the power of gentleness. Annie offers gentle and loving guidance on navigating grief, the nature of grief, common misconceptions about grief, and how to make peace with grief.

In this episode, Annie and I share ideas around how grief can actually be seen as the result of powerful love and can be embraced as such with patience and kindness. We explore how struggle with grief can lead to feelings of low self worth & deep regret and how we can take steps to shift our understanding of and beliefs about grief. We also address the various types of grief, stages of grief, and what unexpected and delayed grief looks like.

Annie McDonnell helps clients in virtual sessions to get unstuck, tune into their creativity, and reconnect to inner calm. In addition to a free monthly collective grief circle, she offers one-on-one Grief Care sessions. To learn more about these offerings, as well as her upcoming self-paced digital course Finding Your Way Through Grief, she invites you to visit Website: joyalchemyhealing.com 
@acupunctureannie on Instagram.