I dreamt that you were twisting through seven suns of gold and the gypsy was insisting

that story must be told I came two in the morning but I took it as a warning That you might be a treasure

I could touch but never hold

Hello and welcome back to the Soberful podcast.

I'm Veronica.

And I am Chip.

And this is part two.

Part one was the cycle of grief,

which was last week's episode.

Today we're going to be talking about the four tasks of mourning. And the reason I wanted to do this, chip, the reason I wanted to do it together is you've done several different lectures. And I just thought,

oh my God, that was so interesting. I've learned so much about different things from your lectures.

And I thought we should really do that on the podcast, go deeper into it.

So we talked about the cycle of grief that we go through when we lose something.

And then the next part of the process is the tasks of mourning.

What are the four tasks of mourning? Okay. The first one is to accept the reality

of the loss. I'll lay them all out now and then first one is to accept the reality of the loss.

The second one is to experience the pain and emotions of that grief. The third one is to

adjust the environment within which the deceased is missing. And that is one that will need

explanation. And the fourth one is to withdraw emotionally and to invest that energy in other activities or relationships.

This is about moving on, really. This is about, this is the process of moving on.

And as we talked about in the previous podcast, this isn't just about the loss or death of a person. This can also be about the

loss of a home or a job or a pet. In the last podcast, we talked about so many different processes.

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