I developed the original Healthy Grieving Process as a method of letting go of attachments that were limiting the experience of myself. I recognized that attachments were the underpinnings of all my life experiences and sought a process that would support me in my personal journey to a more fulfilling experience of myself and my life. When I began to articulate the experience of letting go of an attachment, I realized that it was the human experience called grief. From this understanding, I was able to extrapolate this awareness into a dynamic process that can be used not only for the loss of a loved one but also comprehensively in all areas of a person’s life.

As I shared this process with others, I realized that Healthy Grieving teaches people how to feel their feelings, possibly for the first time in their lives. The way the mind works is to avoid emotional pain, convincing us that we will succumb to the pain and be destroyed. With the Healthy Grieving Programs, the emotional pain of grief can now be quickly resolved with an open mind and a willingness to grow and move forward in life. As I often say, “Pain is optional in the process of growth.” Emotional pain, you will quickly find, truly is an illusion of the mind; it dissolves once we engage with it, as if it never existed.

If you are open-minded and willing, this process will lead you safely into the emotional pain you have buried deep inside throughout your life. Research has shown that these suppressed emotions form the basis for and the creation of depression, anxiety, and many illnesses. Healthy Grieving is a natural process that allows you to explore your emotions for the purpose of letting them go – which leads to a healthier experience of yourself and life.

Be open to the experience of Healthy Grieving as a way to reconnect to aspects of yourself that you have unconsciously given away. The gift of this reconnection is quite tangible and one that continues to give as you consciously apply this amazing process in your life. Imagine the experience of yourself and life wherein you can find your own inner meaning and security, no longer relying on the fleeting experience of external validation and materialism to define who you are.

While the Healthy Grieving Programs will work effectively for all individuals regardless of age, it is not for everybody; it does require courage to look within and a readiness to move on through the grieving process. For those of you who understand that the greatest opportunity for personal growth comes from the biggest challenges in life, you will embrace this process as a wonderful gift to yourself.

I believe that mankind has the capacity to innately grieve once mankind is shown the way. The beauty of Healthy Grieving is the awareness that grief is a universal human reaction to loss and that the experience of grieving that is fundamental to this process is a natural human experience available to all who have the courage to face the illusion of the dark secrets we all hide deep within ourselves.

David R. Cope