Kristin F Jones Affirmative Psychotherapy MS, MA, LMFT

Grief naturally converts into the withdrawal of optional energy. Daily active-grieving reorganizes and ultimately reinvests this energy, distilling hard to grasp or painful emotions into manageable proportions. When we actively grieve the heart space feels more spacious, and our available receptivity gets reapplied to other meaningful relationships. All of this is to say, intentional grief work serves as a wellspring. When practiced, it continuously supplies fresh meaning about who we are, even

Grief naturally converts into the withdrawal of optional energy. Daily active-grieving reorganizes and ultimately reinvests this energy, distilling hard to grasp or painful emotions into manageable proportions. When we actively grieve the heart space feels more spacious, and our available receptivity gets reapplied to other meaningful relationships. All of this is to say, intentional grief work serves as a wellspring. When practiced, it continuously supplies fresh meaning about who we are, even

In our work together, we explore how to update personal narratives more accurately, and then integrate these newly understood complexities with others when we engage them, or are engaged by them. We practice articulating self-affirming ideas, personal values, and pro-social behaviors at any given opportunity. This invites each of us to re-enter the broader hierarchical categories of as a more fully formed, expressive person who thinks and acts from a place of self-love.

In our work together, we explore how to update personal narratives more accurately, and then integrate these newly understood complexities with others when we engage them, or are engaged by them. We practice articulating self-affirming ideas, personal values, and pro-social behaviors at any given opportunity. This invites each of us to re-enter all relationships as a more fully formed, expressive person who thinks and acts from a place of self-love, rather than self obsession or self loathing.