Introduction to GriefSteps®
How to use the Grief Steps® to get the most out of this
workbook
-Where do I start in my grief work?
-Exploring grief
-Basic guidelines for grief work
-Depression and anxiety
-Myth-breaking: grief knows no time schedule
-Healthy grieving vs. Unhealthy grieving
Step One: Shock and survival
-A note about substance abuse
-What to expect: physical and emotional changes
-Three goals for the first few weeks
-Understanding out support needs
-What is I cam pas the acute grief stage?
-Self-check
Step Two: The emotional rollercoaster
-Feeling practice
-Exploring emotions
-Why am I angry?
-Understanding anger
-Appropriate anger
-Practice being angry
-Anxiety
-Analyzing anxiety
-Anxiety screening
-Blame game
-Analyzing blame
-When blame has merit
-Bitterness
-Detachment
-Guilt
-Self-loathing
-Helplessness
-Loneliness
-Sadness and depression
-Understanding emotional triggers
Step Three: Expression our emotions through active grieving and
acknowledgment
-Make a space
-Journaling to music
-Journaling with sentence starters
-Poetry
-Utilize freewriting
-Living for today
-The serenity prayer
-Realize your resilience
-Positive and negatives
-Multiple grief
-Hurtful self-talk
-Reprogramming self-talk
-Can we grieve too much?
Step Four: Understanding your story
-Uncovering your story
Step Five: Finding forgiveness
-Forgiveness brings freedom
-Letter writing
-Self-forgiveness and self-love
-Unblocking unforgiveness
-Simple self-love exercise
Step Six: Finding faith
-Faith communities and anger
-Anger as evidence of faith
-What do I believe?
-The act of prayer
Step Seven: Finding Meaning
-Exploring tough questions about finding meaning
-Leaning through Loss
-Questions for exploring meaning
-Thank you exercise
Step Eight: Redefining ourselves
-Looking at life now
-Exercises for understanding what we have lost
-Another angle
-Examine your expectations
-Exercises for Understanding what we have left
-What my experience has left me
Step Nine: Living with our loss
-Make a list
-Tell stories that incorporate your loss
-Reflections
-Rituals
-How to create your own ritual
Step Ten: Accepting our new life
-Defining priorities and stepping toward fulfillment
-Accepting change
-An exercise in hope
-Calming exercise
-In closing
Bibliography
Appendix A: Guide for those helping others with grief
Appendix B; Other resources to help you heal
Appendix C: Online support classes, groups and resources
Appendix D; Exploring grief questionnaire
Appendix E:Suggested reading
Brook Noel is the founder of GriefSteps.com and best-selling co-author of I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye. She is a noted grief expert and has appeared on Fox, ABC World News Now, CNN and many other shows and stations.
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