How to Heal After Losing Someone You Love - Whether They Have Passed Away or...

Losing someone you love changes your inner world in a way that no one else can see. Whether the person has passed away or has left your life by choice, the pain touches the same place inside, the place where attachment, safety and identity are formed.
This webinar is a compassionate and scientific exploration of how the mind and the emotional system react to loss, why grief can feel overwhelming, and what blocks many people from moving forward. We will uncover the inner patterns that keep you stuck, including the abandonment schema, emotional deprivation and the fear that you will never feel whole again.
You will learn practical tools to navigate the shock, the emptiness and the emotional confusion that follow both death and relational separation. Through guided reflections, emotional grounding and mirror based practices, we will explore how to rebuild safety inside you, how to give your grief a direction and how to allow new meaning to emerge.
This session is not about forgetting. It is about learning how to carry the memory, how to reconnect with life and how to recover the ability to feel supported and loved again. And as always, you can watch all video recordings for free by registering at www.closebyyou.com.

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# Programme

### 1. What loss really is

• The psychology of grief
• The difference and the similarity between death and relational abandonment
• Why the nervous system reacts as if safety has disappeared
• How schemas shape the way you experience loss

### 2. The inner blocks that prevent healing

• The abandonment schema and why it intensifies suffering
• Emotional deprivation and the fear of being alone forever
• The collapse of routines and identity after a major loss
• Why some people remain stuck in unresolved grief

### 3. The emotional and bodily experience of grief

• How the brain processes shock
• Why the body feels heavy, frozen or overwhelmed
• The role of dissociation, avoidance and overcompensation
• Recognising your specific coping style

### 4. How to give grief a direction

• Healthy mourning versus emotional paralysis
• Writing exercises to release what cannot be said
• Imagery techniques to reconnect with the lost person in a safe symbolic space
• How to let meaning emerge slowly

### 5. Rebuilding inner safety

• Grounding exercises to calm the emotional brain
• The importance of daily routines during grief
• How to regulate fear, panic and emotional flooding
• Allowing support without feeling weak

### 6. Mirror based healing practices

• Using the Mindful Interbeing Mirror Therapy approach
• Meeting the vulnerable self that feels abandoned
• Repairing the sense of inner connection

### 7. Opening yourself to life again

• How to reconnect without guilt
• How to honour the relationship through the way you live
• When and how new bonds can grow
• What real emotional recovery looks like

### 8. Final guided practice and Q and A on Zoom

• A short experiential exercise to integrate the session
• Space for sharing and questions in the unrecorded part