But, um, I know for you that you kinda had unattended grief for a while, and what does, what does unattended grief look like, and how did you realize you were living with it for so many years?

Yeah.

You, you realize because at some point you just can't function normally anymore.

You know? It impacts your daily life.

So I was completely withdrawing from social interactions.

I was exhausted, a type of fatigue that sleep couldn't fix, and I was constantly bracing, and I was constantly afraid of a wave of grief.

Like you said, it just jumps at you out of nowhere.

What advice would you have for them?

So let's take a look at that and see what, you know, see what lies ahead.

Yes, yes.

That brings us to the notion of impermanence in Buddhism, right? How everything is ever changing at all times.

And you know, back to my minimalist life.

So I've been traveling countries, I've been changing countries almost my whole life, every few years, apart from COVID period, where I was kind of stuck in England, but happily because I loved England.

living in England.

And then after my mom died, I decided to really leave everything behind, to sell everything I owned and to just carry my suitcase and go to Sri Lanka.

So

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In einer Welt, die oft hektisch und überfordernd erscheint, kann es tief beruhigend sein, einen Moment innezuhalten und dich mit den stillen Rhythmen des Lebens zu verbinden.

Diese Übung lädt dich ein, in eine friedliche, schneebedeckte Berglandschaft einzutauchen, wo die Stille den verborgenen Puls des Lebens trifft.

Indem du dich in diese ruhige Umgebung hineinversetzt, wirst du angeleitet, dich auf deine eigenen inneren Rhythmen zu konzentrieren, deinen Atem [atmet] und deinen Herzschlag.

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And I know it's sad, but it's what happened.

Yeah, I'm happy to share my story because, you know, I realized over the past few years that it actually resonates and that people are really in demand for raw, authentic stories about grief.

Because like you say, we all experience grief at some point, but we're still a bit illiterate as a Western society when it comes to grief.

So I think it's important to normalize the conversation.

And for my personal story, I have experienced grief a lot.

And throughout my life, starting in childhood when I was seven, my dad died of a heart attack very suddenly.

We woke up in the morning, he was gone.

Was that something that you got into to kind of help with the grief or what was that about?