How are you? How are you feeling?
In parent coaching, we help parents use empathy when their kid's have big feelings--parents can care about our kid's feelings and needs, even when we can't change the situation.
"I see how upset you are that your brother wouldn't let you play, because you feel left out."
"I can tell this was really important to you, and you are disappointed it didn't work out."
What about you? Are you grieving for your children and their lost spring? These are real losses--they matter.
Are you grieving for the people in nursing homes who never had a chance? Or for people who were already on the edge of economic insecurity before this pandemic even began?
It's OK to grieve when we suffer losses. It's human. It's normal. We should grieve. These are real losses. Important things have been taken away from us all--and that is disappointing, frustrating, upsetting.
It doesn't mean everything in your life is bad, or you won't feel joy again, or that there isn't good still in the world. But it's normal to be sad when we lose something important to us. And lately, we have all been missing out on lots of things that are important to us.
