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  • Music and Grief: How it Helps with Your Emotions

    Music and Grief: How it Helps with Your Emotions

    Music is an element of life. This element of life has integrated cultures, traditions, lectures and even our emotions. With the right melody, harmony and words, emotions are invoked whenever, wherever. As such, there have been extensive researches on how music helps in our wellbeing, our mental capacity, and physical performance.

    If there’s one aspect that music greatly affects, it’s our emotions and moods. Music alleviates stress, improves our concentration and allows us to feel a range of emotions. When it comes to grief, it has been determined that music helps with feelings of loneliness, denial and acceptance.

    Here’s how music helps with one’s feeling of grief.

    Music Gives Everyone a Venue to Express Big Emotions

    Our bodies and mind are affected with music in a way that is powerful and impactful. When music moves us, we display our feelings through movements or other expressive manners. Often, it allows for us to address our deepest emotions that makes us release whatever that’s burdening us in a healthy manner.

    Music Provides a Safe Place to Feel Emotions of Loss

    When we listen to a lonely song, it makes us feel that in every part of it, we can relate to its content. Making us feel vulnerable and open to whatever emotions we’re feeling right then and there.

    Music Calms The Mind, The Body and The Heart

    Overcoming grief is a complicated matter. It disrupts the normal course of the mind, makes the body agitated and the heart depressed. The emotions that arise from grief are anxious, frustrations, upset, and lonely. Thus, we need a to calm ourselves and regulate our emotions. Music is a scientifically-proven way to do so.

    Music Allows us to Remember Who We Are

    One of the greatest things about music is that it allows us to be a part or a reminder of who we are and what role to play when we had that person in our lives. At the same time, it provides a safe venue for everyone to connect with their spiritual roots and will give you your sense of purpose.

    Music Lets You Honor Memory of Loved Ones

    Like what we mentioned earlier, music allows you to take part in something that is bigger than ourselves. As such, it allows you to connect with people no longer in this world. Because you connect your departed one in a song, you can remind yourself of the memories you’ve had with the person.

     

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  • Managing Grief on Mother’s Day

    Managing Grief on Mother’s Day

    Mother’s Day is here again and we can witness flowers, cakes, balloons and all things bright as we honor great mothers from all around the world. However, for some families that lost their moms, this day is a constant reminder that their beloved is forever lost and they can only reminisce of their time and memories.

    While you may feel grief and loneliness, you may have the urge to honor your beloved wonderwoman on this day. Here are some ways you can manage your grief and at the same time celebrate the memory of your mom.

    1. Make a Mother’s Day Card

    There’s no escaping the tradition of Mother’s Day Cards during the month of May. If you feel emotional whenever you look at one, then it might be a great form of release and expression to buy one and pour your feelings in that venue. Look into the memories you want to look back, ask yourself anything that you may want to share and understand what you want to relay in your card.

     

    1. Set a Place

    Do you enjoy a heartwarming dinner with your mom back then as a celebration of Mother’s day? If you did, then it’s a great option to set up a dinner table with the intention of including her as if she’s enjoying the moment with you and your family. At the same time, the dinner can be a heartening venue for each family member to reminisce their favorite memory with your late mom.

     

     

    1. Bring Favorite Flowers to Your Mom’s Grave

    One of the greatest expressions of love you can make for your mom is to give her flowers. These bright colored flowers will surely give her a smile, despite the fact that she’s not here with you. Purchase your mom’s favorite flowers and place it on her grave. Give yourself some time to reflect and reminisce your time with your mom.

     

    1. Visit a Mom-Figure

    In your life, there are instances where you’ll not only have your mom by your side. But, other mom-figures can also alleviate your emotions of longing. If you have other mom-figures such as aunt, grandmother, godmother or even a friend who’s a senior member of the society, pay them a visit. Instead of feeling alone and lonely on Mother’s day, you can use it to light up another mom’s day.

     

    1. Donate or Volunteer

    If by chance you have the extra time or you may not have ample time to go out and celebrate, you can choose to donate to your favorite charity institution that caters to all kinds of mom. If you want to reach out and give your personal touch, volunteering is a great way of spending Mother’s Day, too.

    Missing your mom on Mother’s Day is valid. Your feelings of longingness and loneliness is a natural response to such occasion. But, always keep in mind that whatever your heart tell you, you must follow. If you want to cry it out and listen to songs that remind you of your mom, then do it. There’s no right or wrong way to grieving.

     

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