In this is tiny leaps,

we look at how to navigate grief.

Get excited because this is tiny leaps.

Big change. Back in episode 679 of the podcast and if you're watching on YouTube you can find

that episode on Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your audio podcasts.

We confronted the trauma that we experience with the death of a loved one.

Today's episode looks more deeply at the stages we experience once we've acknowledged the trauma and accepted it as a reality in our lives.

Now take a moment to think about a corn maze, the kind that you may have walked through on Halloween

back when you were a kid.

From above, you're able to see the unique pattern that the rows follow.

You can find the end without getting overwhelmed by the twists or the turns,

but when we're inside the maze trying to navigate the path successfully to the end,

our perception gets more limited. Our

perspective has shifted from the eagle-eyed benefits of a top-down view to the limited

scope that comes with being engaged.

Every route can be different.

We can come across dead ends, we can end up circling back on ourselves.

We can go into the maze, the same maze several times and find our

journey through differently every single time. Every stage of the maze requires us to

make a choice and these choices then shape how the journey continues

and honestly it can get overwhelming when our choices lead us further away from the goal. This twisting and turning, dead ends,

circling can mirror the stages of grief. We can feel like we're moving forwards, but then a new barrier is placed in front of us.

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