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3 Reasons You Can't Stop Crying Over a Deceased Loved One

Reason one: You haven't reconnected.

Sigmund Freud once said, "To love is to lose..." Meaning, at some point we all experience the bodily loss of someone we love.

Whether your loved one was taken from you due to an accident, sudden illness or even suicide, or your loved one endured a long, slow decline, the initial pain of losing this person is unbearable.
You can’t get out of bed.

You can’t eat or sleep.

You walk the floors at night, weeping because you miss hearing your loved one’s voice.

The realization that you'll never be able to hold each other again tears your heart out.

Most of the time, your mind vacillates between fearing you won’t be able to survive and feeling you’d rather be dead than live without your loved one.

Believe me, I know how it feels. When my beloved husband, Jean, was ripped from me as a result of a bee sting, I experienced every agony you have felt. But, soon, Jean began making his presence known to me through signs, and by communicating messages to me through other people. Little by little, he showed me how to perfect my ability to reconnect and talk with him directly each day.

And believe me, the only thing that eased my pain--and literally saved my life--was reconnecting and staying connected to him.

My experiences with Jean not only transformed my life, they changed the path of my life. Since Jean’s bodily departure, I’ve devoted my life to helping those who grieve learn how to transform their grief to joy by reconnecting and staying connected.

Whether your grief is fresh or your grief just seems to goes on and on without end, it is my mission to help you reconnect.

The first step on the road to re-connection is learning how to be still and quiet. I know this is the hardest thing to do, especially when you’re in deep pain. And, being still and quiet helps shift your internal chemistry. Further, I argue that it raises your "energetic vibration," which primes you to send and receive communications to and from your loved one.

In my next post, I will share the second reason why you can't stop crying over your loved one in spirit.

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