Allowing In Your Grief & Faith Questions w/Dr. Mekel Harris, Enneagram 4w3

When I was a kid, one of my safest spaces was my journal. It was where I could process losses that I didn't feel comfortable sharing aloud with my family, especially as I got older.


I don't remember, in fact, much of what happened when my sister went off to college for the first time, but my old tattered journal reminds me.


Interspersed right between a joyful comment about making Rice Krispie treats and the next absentminded entry about my other sister Abbie going off to cheerleading practice, I wrote,


"I miss Holly. I wish she was here forever and she would always be with me, always, always, always. Love, Christa M."


Writing continues to be a tool I share with clients and partake in, especially on hard days, and on the podcast, we learn why writing is so helpful.


So whether you're old or young, let this podcast be the reminder that you too need, the real reminder that your losses are allowed to be acknowledged amidst the joys or even just the nuanced chores of life.


This blog and podcast are places where joys can be relished but also where grief processing is allowed and expected.


On the pod, together we get to learn from esteemed psychologist, author, and TEDx speaker Dr. Mekel Harris, Ph.D., Enneagram 4w3, about grief processing.


When Dr. Mekel lost her mother, she vulnerably shares that she didn't give herself the time and attention she needed, and her body caught up with her. Her busy "achiever" side told her she was not only fine but thriving and the world taught her the same.


However, her own inner processing was needed and her body revolted. I can absolutely relate to that as a busy adult, and I bet you can as well.


As we learn from here and even from the Psalms, (and we will soon learn why when we have a neuroscientist on the show in May!), though crying may last for the night, joy does come back in the morning...


But you FIRST have to learn how to walk through the shadowy night, in order to get there.


So whether your grief is or was little "t" trauma, or big, or you're just having a hard time processing the tragedies of recent losses across the world, this episode is worth listening to, sharing, and truly embracing as you learn steps to walk competently but honestly through your grief.