It's so easy, and most of us do it, to simply get up and dust ourselves off, slap on a smile, and push through. Something that I missed early on in my healing journey, was giving myself permission to grieve. I failed at it miserably! Had I simply allowed myself to sit in the mess, to really "embrace the suck", I may have gotten to healing a lot sooner. When I finally gave myself permission to grieve, I was able to take the next step and walk into my healing process.
