Discover Your Grief Archetype

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  I feel MOST like myself when.. 

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    Sitting by a river or body of water.
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    Exploring a new place or city!
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    Sitting at my alter, engaged in my rituals.
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    I am with the people I love.
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    Hitting the wide open road, with no place to be.
• 2.
  What's the hardest part about grief for you right now?

  • A.
    All the questions and unknowns
  • B.
    Everyone trying to put me back together
  • C.
    These BIG emotions
  • D.
    No one understands
  • E.
    Not knowing what to do with the impact of this loss
• 3.
  In my grief I can't stand.. 

  • A.
    The status quo, everydayness, life just continuing on
  • B.
    Silence
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    Doing things as they always been done
  • D.
    Rigid rules and fitting into a box or system
  • E.
    The way I feel
• 4.
  You have 2 hours of free time. What do you do?

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    Call a friend to catch up and connect
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    Head to my favourite place in nature
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    Do a tarot spread and ask the cards for guidance
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    Move my body
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    Tackle the next module of that course I'm taking
• 5.
  You're MOST likely to ask.. 

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    What’s the point or purpose of it all anyways?
  • B.
    What am I sensing or noticing here?
  • C.
    What do I need to do next?
  • D.
    What's going to help me reconnect to myself?
  • E.
    What does the world need more of?
• 6.
  I am the first person my friends call for.. 

  • A.
    Creative input for their big ideas
  • B.
    To hold space for all the feels
  • C.
    Spiritual, mystical, and dreamy conversations
  • D.
    To book a flight, or go on a last minute road trip
  • E.
    Advice and help figuring out what to do next
• 7.
  Your deep desire is to.. 

  • A.
    To feel seen, heard and understood
  • B.
    To connect to your inner knowing and steady center
  • C.
    To learn to flow with life, even when it doesn't make sense
  • D.
    To express beyond words
  • E.
    To understand WHY and connect to something MORE
• 8.
  I cannot live without.. 

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    Rituals, routines, meditative or spiritual practice
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    Books. I need to know and understand everything
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    Adventure, freedom, and wide open spaces
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    Silence and solitude to explore big ideas and even bigger feelings
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    Defending a cause, supporting an organization, or contributing to a mission
  • F.
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    Community, people to share stories and experiences with

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Your Grieving Archetype is..             The Warrior

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  As the Warrior, you are often referred to as the strong one. You present strong on the exterior, and although you are holding a lot, you never seem to miss a beat when it comes to showing up and meeting your responsibilities. It's likely that how you present on the outside doesn't always reflect how you are feeling on the inside. There is likely a part of you that longs to be seen not only in your strength, but also for the tenderness of your heart and the truth of your inner world. You have the gift of strong willpower, and you know that where there is a will, there's a way. You are all about perseverance, logic, and action.Your Coping Style:You enjoy being involved in an active process of some type, so you welcome distractions of work and other daily activities. You've probably been heard saying "I just have to keep busy" or "I just have to keep going". Action-oriented approaches are likely what you lean into - dealing with estate issues, planning funerals or memorials, putting your energy towards doing something, and keeping busy. Your Edge: Leaning into your emotional experience, and telling the whole truth of how you are feeling will be your edge. Letting some of the inside experience show, be felt, and be known by others may feel like a challenge.. and yet it is an important part of grieving fully. Your grief edge is slowing down enough to drop out of your head and into your heart so that you can be fully present with your grief.
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  Your Grieving Archetype is..             The Creator

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  As the Creator, you're expressive, artistic, and want to give back to the world. You love exploring new ways to express yourself and your grief in the world. You're keenly connected to art, beauty, and creativity which allows you to tap into an embodied expression of grief. You feel like there is a bigger purpose for your life, your struggles and your challenges. You sense that because you have gone through this trying time, that there are lessons and wisdom that you have tapped into and can share with others as you continue to walk forward on your path. Following the soul nudges of your creativity can light the way to living a truly aligned and impactful life. Your Coping Style:Your creativity is your superpower. Some may not acknowledge your creative pursuits as an active coping strategy, but know and trust that they are. You may lean into an active grieving process through writting, dancing, singing, writing music, poetry, painting, planting a garden, writing a blog, etc. Your Edge:Because you have the deep desire and the creativity to bring meaning to your grief through creating something in the wake of devastation, you may get wrapped up in your creativity and sharing it with others that you forget to deeply tend to yourself first. Your edge will be pouring into yourself before you pour into your creations.
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  Your Grieving Archetype is.. The Soulful Explorer

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  As the Soulful Explorer, you're a deep thinker and the spiritual quality you embody is wisdom. You may identify as a mystic, a healer, or a seeker. You have a deep criosity for understanding the human spirit, and discovering the meaning within our human experience, including grief. Your Coping Style:Your coping style leans towards ritual, magic, the unseen, journalling, exploring faith, spirituality and the meaning of life. You spend a lot of time asking big questions, searching for the deeper meaning within all things and are fiercely committed to your inward journey. Your Edge:Your growth edge is within your descent. You are here for the growth, and the invitation into your expansion is to descend, making space for the grief side of your growth too (because we know that grief shows up anytime we are doing something brave in the world).
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  Your Grieving Archetype Is…           The Storyteller

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  As the Storyteller, you're a deep thinker and the embodied expression of your archetype is expression. You share your wisdom with others through the art of storytelling. The storyteller is like the grandmother achetype who holds the wisdom to know that stories are soul vitamins that nourish community and connection. Coping Style:Your coping style leans towards active coping strategies such as verbally processing your experiences outloud, and being witnessed by compassionate others. Stories are your muse and the way that you share and connect to others. You are interested in support groups, therapy, death cafes, and other supportive spaces where you are encouraged to share and express your emotions and experiences openly. Your Edge:As you lean toward external processing, your edge is ensuring that you also find and make space for moments of silence, stillness and solitude. By working with the dualities of both sound and silence, you can clear out any stuck or stagnant energy that might keep you from full integration and embodiment of the wisdom you hold. You KNOW it, and its time to FEEL it by going inward. You mind can easily become clouded by overthinking and mentally processing your experience - be mindful not to get stuck here. Coming home to your breath will be extremely important. . "The quieter you become the more you are able to hear." – Rumi
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  Your Grieving Archetype is.. The Wanderer

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  As a wandering griever, you are the adventurous spirit, the untamed, wild one. You long to travel, to explore something new and to discover answers within the great unknown. You are drawn to nature because provides you with soulful wisdom for which you use to guide your next steps. Through adventures you tap into your aliveness, which has been life giving for you since meeting death and grief. Your Coping Style:Your coping style is rooted in adventure, exploring the unknown, and is driven by an intense desire for freedom. After loss, you were woken up to the preciousness of life and checked yourself into living in deep integrity with your values - and freedom was at the center of that. You tend to turn towards adventure, exploration, and discovering new and unknown places as a way to be with and explore your aliveness (which includes your grief). Your Edge:You may be more likely than the other archetypes to live on the edge, take chances, and lean into risk. As you wander, and re-wild yourself, your growth edge will be finding solid ground in which to balance out the risks you take. Dualities, and leaning into two seemingly opposite things can be the supportive pratice we need to remain tethered to ourselves and connected to our wholness. "Grief is not a problem to be solved, but a journey to be taken" - Alan Wolfelt
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  Your Grieving Archetype is.. The Intuitive 

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  As an intuitve griever, you are deeply connected to your emotions and are deeply aware of and attuned to your inward experience. You go deeper into the feels then most people do. You are often looking for the deeper meaning in things, and you're not afraid to express your emotions. Theres likely a place within you that just knows. Your Coping Style: You are a seeker of truth, wisdom, and knowledge. The intuitive griever engages in meaningful introspection and self-reflection, and strives to understand the world and its mysteries. You may lean into active coping through the use of spiritual tools that help you go even deeper.Your Edge: Because your feelings and emotions are often so intense it can feel diffcult and challenging to return to how things once were, so instead you spend time imagining possibilities. Because you easily feel the feelings of others, it's important for you to take time to recharge and reset. Clear your energy and clear your space often. You can use smudge sticks, salt baths, or incense to uplift your physical and energetic space. When in doubt, remember that nature is your refuge and your medicine.