Without public grief rituals, the personal holds meaning, too

A 2014 study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology found that the most emotionally resilient mourners were the ones who turned to ritual in the aftermath of their loss. But while we may traditionally think of mourning rituals as public expressions of grief, the study found that in most cases, those rituals were private — small acts that helped the bereaved connect to their loved ones in moving and powerful ways.

Naila FrancisApril 23, 2020grief rituals, private grief rituals, grief during a pandemic, grief during the corona virus, coping with grief, mourning, bereavement, personal grief rituals, honoring the deadComment

Compassionate Support for Coping with Grief: Grief Blog and Counseling

Often it is because we have held great pain that we are able to embrace great joy when it arrives — to take both, the aching sadness, the sweetest pleasure, and find in them fertile ground for the refashioning of our lives.