How to Coach Yourself and Others Grief Coaching and Counseling | Page 12

Denial
This first stage of grieving helps us to survive
the loss. In this stage, the world becomes
meaningless and overwhelming. Life makes
no sense. We are in a state of shock and
denial. We go numb. We wonder how we can
go on, if we can go on, why we should go on.
We try to find a way to simply get through
each day. Denial and shock help us to cope
and make survival possibl