Going through the grieving period can be difficult as quite often people do not know what to say. For example, a conversation can be challenging when someone expresses their condolences as doing so can reopen the wound. Or a grieving person triggers when their deceased loved one's birthday occurs shortly after their death.

Common emotional triggers include rejection, failure, loss, and criticism. To avoid or overcome them, practice self-awareness, mindfulness, and emotional regulation. From a spiritual perspective, seek support from a higher power or engage in meditation or prayer. Emotionally, engage in positive self-talk and seek social support. Physically, engage in exercise, deep breathing exercises.

I have recently lost my Dad, he was a huge part in my life and dearly missed every day. When I am teaching I will often use real life experiences to demonstrate some of the learning outcomes. I found it a release to talk about my Dad to people who don't know him. There has been many stories which have been triggers for sadness, smiles and laughs. So I guess I am saying, talking can be the trigger.

These tips are amazing. And identifying emotional triggers is also important in the workplace. Identifying it allows you to bring remedy before they happen or to have it available as soon as they happen. The best way is to keep stock of the emotions that make you feel good and unpack which activities generate those emotions have that list available on your phone so that when they happen, it is a handy list of activities that get you out of that rut and into feeling good.

One way a grieving person can cope is to write a letter that explains their emotional state, and what they can and cannot handle. Doing so helps everyone avoid uncomfortable encounters. This relieves the one who is grieving of having to fight to get through uncomfortable situations. Grief journaling also helps the griever as they can express whatever they want knowing that what they write is only for their eyes. Finally, it may help to participate in grief therapy with like-minded persons or to seek individual grief counseling.

Developing emotional self-awareness involves recognizing emotions as felt experiences and understanding the biochemical events that occur in our brain as a response to various stimuli. It's important to acknowledge that emotions serve as signals, providing valuable information about our internal states and external environment. Without emotional self-regulation, we may react as though we are threatened, even when there is no immediate danger or threat. By cultivating emotional self-awareness, we can better understand our emotional triggers and responses, gaining the ability to manage them effectively. Emotional intelligence involves feeling our emotions and using cognition to decide how we want to respond.