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Hi there. My name is Kaisanga and I welcome you this Friday to Radio Headspace.

At the time of this episode, it's about October, November 2021 and in my humble opinion, there seems to be an undertone of sadness in the world.

I spoke to my wife about it who happens to be a brilliant psychologist and psychiatric nurse practitioner and she agreed.

She stated that the pandemic has a lot to do with it. I found this interesting because many places have reopened.

So there's a lot of happiness being displayed, especially on social media.

But I still felt like there's an underlying sadness that's also present.

And then I realized what it was I was sensing. It was grief, which is the extended cousin of sadness, if you will.

So grief can be defined as the response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or some living thing that has died. So surely because of this pandemic, there has been a huge amount of loss in regards to people who have died around the world.

So that in itself can be a factor to the underlying grief I've been aware of. But keeping in mind that in this case, a loss can also pertain to the way of life that we have lost.

And it's that worry or concern that's really key here because it's on everyone's mind when they go out.

And even if you decide to stay in, then there may be some isolation that you're dealing with.

So all of these concerns and worries under the umbrella of COVID has taken a toll on many people's mental well-being, anxiety, depression, isolation, guilt. They have all increased.

So how does mindfulness help with grief? Well, I want to give a couple of helpful tips here.

The first is to be totally gentle with yourself. Allow yourself to feel what you're feeling without any judgment.

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