Ep 15: Why The Present Moment Feels So Hard After Loss
from A Little More You Hosted by Kendra Merrill
In This Episode: [0:00] Intro: How much time are you spending in the present moment? [1:05] The story of my daughter's stillbirth and family vacation [3:22] Why grief lives in the present moment [4:13] The two exit strategies our culture teaches us [4:40] The vision board story (4 months after loss) [6:27] Why we haven't been taught to feel our feelings [10:26] My five-year fertility journey and the Bali decision [14:28] What I learned about sitting with emotions [16:12] Why I became a somatic life coach [17:33] What somatic coaching actually is [19:00] The I Think, I Feel, I Sense practice [20:12] Introduction to the 10-Day Reset Key Takeaway: The present moment is where your pain lives—and it's also the only place where anything can shift for you.
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After loss, the present moment becomes the hardest place to be. Here's why—and what you can do about it. When grief hits, your brain tries to protect you by escaping: looking at the past to understand what happened, or looking to the future where the pain might ease. But the only place anything actually shifts is right here, in the now. In the present moment that can sometimes feel impossible to bear. In this episode, you'll hear: the reason the present moment threatens our equilibrium after loss, my personal story of losing my daughter, my Bali decision, and a simple 3-part practice (I Think, I Feel, I Sense) you can use today. This is how somatic coaching taught me to witness my grief and heal. If grief is keeping you stuck, this one's for you.
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