Grief and Isolation, Gloves and Mittens

I have been writing about grief off and on over the past two years.

As you know, these last couple of years have brought not only a lot of loss and grief, but also isolation. Even though mask mandates have eased a lot, many places still require it. Having to wear a mask is somewhat isolating. When you can’t see a person’s full face, you can’t connect with them as you would otherwise. Numerous studies have shown that mask-wearing is socially and psychologically harmful—especially for children.

Isolation can also result from the social polarization rampant in our society.

How do we heal these things? Yes, we use The Healing Codes and prayer. But there’s another important component to healing.

Community.

We really can’t heal as well in isolation as we can in community. As we seek to heal the damaging effects of the past two years—not to mention our own personal heart issues—I want to give you a fun little visual.

I live in the Midwest, and winters can be, well, brutal. Last month, and even last week, we experienced several cold snaps. One morning when I went for my daily walk, it was -9 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s -17.8 degrees Celcius.

“You walked in -9 degrees?!” you may say.

Yep, I did. The only thing that keeps me from my morning walks is ice.

The secret is to dress appropriately for the cold. I know exactly how to dress for each temperature range.

So whenever it’s below, say, 10 degrees, I wear thermal underwear, a warm hoodie, heavy jeans, wool socks, my osteoporosis vest, a very warm scarf underneath my long down coat, a scarf around my face, and my very warm hat.

And—most importantly—mittens.

Gloves don’t cut it in this weather, no matter how heavy the gloves are.

You need mittens. With mittens, your fingers provide heat for each other.

With gloves, your fingers are separated.

With all this regalia, the only thing that was cold were my thumbs.

The thumbs that were on their own, apart from the other fingers.

You get the analogy?

Together, like my fingers in a mitten, we can “keep each other warm.” Isolated, like my poor thumbs in the mitten, or my fingers in a glove, we “get cold.”

Special Invitation to Heal Together

I want to invite you to a special way to heal together: my Healing Hearts Circle.

The Healing Hearts Circle is a great way to “heal together,” because of this phenomenon of group synergy and what is called the morphogenetic effect. (If you’re into science, here is a fascinating explanation of the morphogenetic field by Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, with amazing videos of how it works.)

Basically, when we get connected to each other through the group and the coach-guided Healing Code I give, every time one person does the Code for him/herself, everyone else benefits as well. In that way the healing effects are amplified.

(And don’t worry about “taking on their energy”; the way I set it up, the connection is through the shared morphogenetic field generated by the custom Code, not each other’s energy.)

People in the group who attend the live call have also said they benefit from hearing me coach the other members. They can relate to other members’ issues and gain insights into their own.

Find out more at http://healingheartscircle.com. I have a special going on: the first month is only $50, so you can try it out at a 60% discount.