I recently ordered the 2000+ therapy questions bundle. I enjoy reading through lists of questions, giving me insight into how to engage with other people and their stories. Most often, after purchasing and reading through them, I am reminded there is nothing magical to the list I bought. The number one theme in the 2000+ questions is curiosity. The questions are genuinely open-ended and cannot be answered by anyone but the person I am conversing with.
I often find that when listening to someone who has experienced a recent loss, their honest reflection is it seems that others feel awkward and at a loss as to how to address grief.
And so, as I reflect on grief and how to be with someone else in their grief, I am reminded of this by Amy Nix:
I am reminded that grieving with someone is often to be present, tender, slowing down all that is racing within your heart and mind, and just to be! I hope you will offer yourself this way to someone dear to you, for it is a place of honoring life and grieving death, and this is often sacred ground! ❤️ trish
Amen