Benefits

Grieving

Knowing Your Brain State

If you are grieving the loss of a loved one, knowing your brain state can ease secondary stress -- stress about being stressed. You can feel more compassion for yourself, and a greater sense of power about your options for how to proceed through this journey in a way that is most responsive to your needs.

The Basics

The emotional brain responds to the loss of an attachment with a loved one to be an overwhelming stress. The attachment to others is the genetically-determined way that we process emotions and gain a sense of security in life.

People grieve losses in various ways, but emotional responses are apt to involve dissociation or hyperarousal. Various stress symptoms such as digestive problems, weight changes and substance abuse can exacerbate the pain of the loss.

The EBT Approach

EBT can be useful in processing the loss of a loved one, with the goal of decreasing suffering and increasing the emotional evolution that adversity can bring.

A comprehensive program for grieving often involves the coordination of a range of forms of support. The pain of loss of a loved one takes as long as it takes to heal, but using the EBT tools to turn unbalanced emotions that tend to be persistent into more balanced emotions that tend to fade can be helpful to those who are grieving.

Getting Started

Take our EBT Basics: Wired for Joy Course. You’ll begin to think in terms of brain states, and wires, and learn how to switch your brain from any level of stress back to joy. Continue with the advanced courses until you have what you most want from this training. The rewards of a brain in balance are: sanctuary, authenticity, vibrancy, integrity, intimacy, spirituality and freedom.

Choose the reward that matters most to you, and then move through the EBT courses until you have an abundance of it, and you are wired for joy.