Saturday 28 April 2018




Scratch #4: What Grief Recovery has done for me 


Over the last few months, I have become aware how much I have changed as a person having worked through & completed the Grief Recovery Method last year & this blog is really a way of recording that journey, with this latest post being one where I have tried something a bit different. 

I started doodling having been inspired by a lovely lady called Mari Andrew who is a writer and illustrator currently living in New York City, New York. She caught my attention several months ago because her career started as a hobby in 2015 whilst recovering from a painful break-up and the death of her father. She started doodling to express how she was feeling & then decided to post one doodle every day on Instagram. She now has a website (see below for more details) & has a following all over the world including myself....... so "Thank you Mari" for your work & this is my homage to you for inspiring me to do a little doodle of my own......  

It has taken me a while to collect my thoughts & try to think of a way of not only capturing, but expressing them in a way that conveys my feelings. I am hoping the positive aspects of what I've come up with are apparent & feel they are better reflected in this doodle than merely writing them down individually.... but you tell me ? 

In essence, by letting go of my pain through Grief Recovery, it has now literally created the space for other things to come into my life, much more positive & joyful stuff. This ranges from trying new things such as having my "Bars run" through Access Consciousness (see website link below for further details) to seeing opportunities that may be were always there, but I was too "blind" to see them ? 

Grief Recovery has also changed my mind set to see that anything is possible, if you are "open" to it. So thank you to those people who gave me their support & helped me to see that there is a different way to feel if only you have the courage to take that first step ! 

Until the next time......πŸ’—


For further information please see the following websites;
Mari Andrewbymariandrew.com/
Grief Recovery Method: https://www.griefrecoverymethod.co.uk/
Access Consciousnesshttps://www.accessconsciousness.com/









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