Grief

Grief, a deep feeling of sadness over a loss, is one of the most difficult experiences you can have. During the grief process, you may feel hopeless, out of control, dead inside, empty, pained and afraid.

Just about everyone experiences grief at least a few times in life. The only way to avoid grief is not to care about anyone or anything, or to bury our feelings with drugs or other distractions - when a loved one leaves or dies, when we have a serious medical condition, when we lose a job or other opportunity, when we think we’ve failed or when we are missing something we need or want very badly. We can feel and deal with the grief, or we can choose to avoid it by many means. Yet even then, grief sticks around -showing up as depression, anger, anxiety, fatigue or even physical illness.

Families By Design will help you face your grief and teach you how to release unpleasant emotions as they occur rather than repressing them. As a result, you will feel better and more in control.