De-Stigmatize Grief Within

This meditation offers permission for grief to exist without judgment, comparison, or a timeline. It gently reframes grief as a natural response to love rather than something to overcome or resolve. You’re invited to meet what’s present in your body and heart without explanation or pressure for meaning.

This practice is for moments when honesty matters more than relief.

Transcript

Welcome to Be With Melinda.

It's time to settle your body and be.

There's no posture to perfect,

No calm to achieve.

Just let yourself arrive.

Take one slow breath in and let it go.

A grief is not a problem to solve.

It's a beautiful response to love.

Notice where grief lives in your body today.

We're here to lighten the heavy,

To quiet the loud,

To soften the sharp,

And to bring present the numb.

We're possibly here to address what is absent altogether.

Whatever is here is allowed.

There is no correct order to grief,

No sequence you're supposed to follow.

You're not behind.

Grief moves in waves and sometimes the stages merge together.

Sometimes it returns to places you thought you had already passed.

This does not mean you failed.

It simply means you're human.

It's okay to honor your grief.

So for a moment say,

This is mine and this belongs to me.

There is no hierarchy of loss.

No grief is more legitimate than another.

The deepest grief is always the one you're caring.

Notice any impulse to explain it,

Minimize it,

Or justify its existence.

You learned that pressure.

You don't have to carry it here today.

Let the breath move naturally.

No regulation,

No fixing.

If emotion comes,

Let it.

If meaning has not arrived,

Let that be true too.

Meaning is not always required,

Especially now.

Meaning cannot be forced.

It often comes later or quietly in its own way.

Breathe slowly.

Grief may not ask you to move on.

It asks you to integrate what has changed.

Rest here for a few breaths and allow the grief to flow without apology.

Without comparison.

Without a deadline.

Before closing,

Silently say,

I am not broken because I grieve.

I grieve because I loved.

And love is beautiful.

When you're ready,

Return.

Return more honest and more you.