Coaching practices for Oscillation Regulation Grief

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• I’ve been stuck in one gear for weeks
• My life keeps swinging between extremes
• I deal with my grief by doing and fixing rather than weeping, and everyone keeps treating that as cold or in denial
• Whenever I let myself touch the hard feeling at all, I get pulled all the way under and flooded
• It’s been a few months and everyone around me clearly expects me to be over it by now, and I’ve half-swallowed that timeline myself

Practices that may help

1. Regulate the oscillation consciously
   If you are spending too long in one orientation, deliberately shift to the other.
   The Dual Process Model of Grief, Made Practical
2. The Dual Process Model of Grief, Made Practical
   The Dual Process Model (DPM), developed by Margaret Stroebe and Henk Schut, describes healthy grief as oscillation between two orientations: loss-oriented (engaging with the pain of losing the person) and restoration-oriented (attending to the practical and identity challenges of life without them). The model is well-regarded in grief research and provides a framework for understanding why taking breaks from grief is healthy, not avoidant.
3. Understand why systems oscillate — and stop overcorrecting
   Delayed feedback loops and overreaction to perceived gaps cause the boom-bust cycles in your own system.
   Stocks and Flows
4. Identify your natural grieving style and adjust for it
   Know whether you tend toward more loss or more restoration orientation — and compensate accordingly.
   The Dual Process Model of Grief, Made Practical
5. Pendulation: moving between states gently
   Shift between a regulated and a less regulated state in small steps rather than forcing a leap.
   The Ladder of Regulation: Navigating Your Autonomic States
6. Identify how cultural norms shape your grief
   Examine whether cultural scripts about how long and how much to grieve are shaping your experience.
   The Dual Process Model of Grief, Made Practical
7. Deliberately engage loss-oriented work
   Set aside dedicated time to directly face the grief — the emotions, the absence, the meaning of the loss.
   The Dual Process Model of Grief, Made Practical
8. Havening to soften acute grief activation
   Use gentle touch and brief distraction to lower the physiological intensity of grief surges.
   Self-Havening: Calming the Nervous System Through Touch
9. Deliberately take time off from grief
   Give yourself genuine permission to engage with ordinary life — this is restoration orientation, not avoidance.
   The Dual Process Model of Grief, Made Practical
10. Catch co-dysregulation before it spirals
    Two activated nervous systems feed each other — notice the loop and have one person step out.
    Co-Regulation: Borrowing Calm From Another Nervous System

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