2/23 Mourning Pages
Writing Prompts to help you feel and express grief
Good Mourning,
Trigger Warning: mention of colonialism, white supremacy, and eps-tein files
There’s so much change happening and I know your body feels it. Some change is inspiring, alchemical, and centered in care and liberation. Some change, I would say, is the curtain merely lifting and revealing the evils that have always existed.
We were indoctrinated to see colonial entities like the united states and whiteness as superior. We were fed a false sense of security for the exchange of our labor and an attempt to approximate whiteness as much as possible. It is time to acknowledge that it was all a lie. Let this realization settle in your body. These were all lies. The american dream is a nightmare that we need to wake up from.
Take a deep breath and acknowledge this with me. What do you feel? I feel rage, anger, fear, sadness, and despair. That’s what I bring to the table actually. My true and raw emotions. I have turned to writing as a way to physicalize what is inside my mind and heart. I’ve been practicing free writing in the mornings. I’ve heard some people call this practice, “Morning Pages.” I believe it was first introduced by Julia Cameron in the book “The Artist’s Way.” Well, I bring to you… MOURNING PAGES. Here are some writing prompts to help you mourn and express grief and any other emotions present.
Before we start, take another deep breath to soothe your body as you are about to face potentially challenging emotions. Check in and see if you need anything else. Perhaps water, tea, or warm blanket? Provide care to yourself.
Prompt #1
How does it feel to see people you looked up to in the eps-tein pedoFILES? It’s okay to feel any emotion about it and mourn how you used to see these people.
Prompt #2
Acknowledge and mourn the opportunities/events/connections you have missed due to feeling exhausted and burned out.
Prompt #3
What else is your heart grieving today?
Please do something to care for yourself after this expression of emotions. Here are some ideas:
-3 deep and slow breaths. In through the nose and out through the mouth
-Hold and caress yourself
-Listen to you favorite song
-Drink some water and ask the water to replenish you
-Go outside or stand by an open window and connect with nature
Do you need more help? I’d love to support you with a 1:1 Tending to Grief session.
Thank you for reading, I send love to your grieving heart. -Azul