Float

I watched a segment from Rabbi Steve Leader on grief. Worth a watch in full, but I appreciated how he recategorized grief from stages to waves.

Rather than a process that’s linear, he mentioned grief feels like the ocean. In the beginning, waves of grief will hit you frequently. But over time, the waves will spread over weeks & months. A wave will still come once in a while, and that’s okay.

When it comes, don’t face and fight the wave. It’ll crash into you, knock you around, and leave you disheveled and gasping.

His approach is to float. Let the wave wash over you; feel the rise of the swell, the peak of the crest, and the fall of the trough.

And once it passes, take all the time you need to stand up again. 🌊