Before discovering how to heal grief holistically, it’s worth accepting that grief is a perfectly normal reaction to loss, especially to the loss of close family members. Regardless of whether it’s for a two legged or four legged family member.

There is a process that is unique to everyone. Some may skip one or two parts of the process. Some may linger in one area.

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, a Swiss American psychiatrist, examined the common emotional stages to loss, in her book “On Death and Dying”.

There are several common stages, that may start with denial - have they really gone, did I dream it?.

Guilt may come up - did I do enough, did I explore all options?.

Then moving onto anger - blaming someone else is also a denial, but it does show the process is moving in the right direction.

Followed by bargaining - often with the deity of their faith.

This can lead to depression - deep sadness can be where grief becomes stuck.

And finally acceptance.

How long this takes depends on how many other griefs have occurred in the past, how they were processed, and how this one is processed.

Family members can become concerned, desperate to do something to alleviate the grieving.

Loss can also have a profound effect on someone’s life.

The absolute best thing you can do is to allow the grieving to occur in its own way, at its own pace. Don’t try to interfere. Don’t try to bring someone, or yourself, out of it. Just allow it. Support them in other ways, as they may not be able to function well. Just listening to them, without offering suggestions, can be cathartic.

A mother who has lost a baby may not be able to care for the rest of the family in the early stages, so would welcome support here.

Someone who has lost a beloved pet may not be able to sleep or work, so just listening to them can be helpful.

Someone losing a partner may not be able to help their child through the process, so help there can be invaluable.

If the natural process is allowed to unfold in its own way, it’s likely to end positively, with deep healing having occurred naturally.

The time taken to go through the process is individual.

Adding drugs to the grieving process tends put the grieving on hold, as if frozen in time. When you stop the drugs, the process will continue, but it’s likely to be worse for the delay in the processing.

Sometimes, someone can be stuck in grief and find it hard to process it naturally. This is really common in those who have not been allowed to grieve naturally for past griefs. And sadly, it’s really common in animals such as horses, who are often passed around, sold on, frequently throughout their life, ripped away from beloved herd members, including the human.

This is where homeopathy excels. Stuck emotions can cause havoc in your life, stopping you living to your full potential. When you have lived with them for years, you don’t even notice, as dealing with them has become second nature. It’s just life.

However, they do re-emerge when they have been triggered by another similar emotion, such as grief.

This is an opportunistic time to heal them.

Getting good homeopathic help can not only heal grief easily, effortlessly and quickly, it can do the same for all other stuck emotions, whether or not you’re aware of them.

It’s in your best interest, to be aware of the grieving process and how to heal grief holistically especially without drugs. Stuck emotions will always cause pathology in years to come, when it’s not processed properly. And drugs will add to the suffering as they never address the cause.

It’s so good to know homeopathy is always there to help.

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