Grief Does Not Go Away

In this episode, I talk about grief. Loss shows up in all of our lives, big, small, and everything in between. Grief can feel heavy, sudden, and unpredictable. It comes and goes, but it never fully disappears.A lot of men are taught to stay silent, push it down, ignore it, and move on. But when you bury grief, it does not go away. It shows up as anger, disconnection, numbness, and distraction. You feel it whether you face it or not.I talk about why feeling your grief matters. Feeling does not mean falling apart. Sometimes it means sitting quietly with heaviness. Sometimes it means journaling, talking to someone you trust, or giving yourself permission to be vulnerable.True strength is not avoiding grief. True strength is being able to sit with it, feel it, and move through it in a healthy way. This episode is about giving yourself permission to feel, to process, and to heal at your own pace.DisclaimerThis podcast is designed to get conversations started around your mental and emotional health and is not to be taken as medical advice. Please contact your medical and or mental health professional before starting any program. No one on this podcast is a mental health professional.If you are in the United States and are in crisis, please call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. If you are in immediate danger, call 911 right away.Please share this episode with anyone you think would be interested in listening to it.Visit mensmentalhealthseries.com for links to the show page on each of the major podcast directories. From there, you can subscribe and share this pod.Sign up for my emails that include the daily journal prompts herehttps://yourlevelfitness.com/email