Permission to Feel, Volume 1

This small and mighty ebook is a collection of invitations to feel what you are feeling. Each of the 60 prompts is based on a memory and includes encouragement for you to explore through writing, photography, movement, drawing, painting, listening to music, sculpting, or any other creative activity. You don't need to consider yourself creative or artistic to make use of this and the only thing required is your willingness to be vulnerable with yourself.

These are some of the prompts I use in my Grief practice, and each time I visit with them I experience something new. I hope there is something in here that can connect you with the one you love and your own emotions in a supportive, judgement-free way.

This edition was written with deceased animal family members in mind, and there are animal-specific references. Future editions will focus on anticipatory Grief during hospice and end-of-life care, human relationships, and prompts just for young people to use.