But the more that you do it, the easier it becomes, right?

That's right.

So the only relief from the grief, as they say, is in the grieving.

So one must grieve and grieving is not, you know, shutting yourself out in your bedroom and not talking to anybody and not connecting.

That's not grieving, that's isolating.

So you want to create the intention to hold your grief in high regard and think about, you know, the ancients and all of the poets and all the writers and everyone that's written about grief for years and and see what they have to say about it.

They've all been through the pain too, and they've found ways to make it beautiful.

John, for someone who is in the early stages of loss, what would you say to that person to help them understand that empowerment is even possible? And how can they begin the process?