Today is a special goal share featuring my former coaching client Emily Bingham, widow, grief coach, fitness pro and Mama. You will experience her story, goals alive and beautiful tips for grief & holidays and I want you to know when I was grieving my Grandmother earlier this year, I went to Emily’s moveTHRU experience with a group of humans on a spin bike and cried and took time to feel and move and it was beautiful to be in a space of receiving when we talked this exact movement (the actual moving and the mission) she is creating at a coffee shop months prior.
Meet Emily.
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GOAL SHARE 02:
Hi I’m Emily Bingham. I’m founder of moveTHRU.
I started moveTHRU in Dec. 2019 after losing my husband to a rare cancer called Uveal Melanoma just nine months earlier that year. When I felt paralyzed by grief and “stuck" trying to navigate my new normal without him, I turned to exercise to feel a sense of control over my own life.
Movement was my medicine and I wanted to share this powerful experience with others who were facing a life-altering loss. So I set my first goal working with Jacki and brought it to life by hosting monthly intention-based workouts at my local spin studio.
In two years moveTHRU has evolved into full-blown online grief coaching business that helps anyone who has experienced a loss embrace grief through movement, mindset, and by connecting with a community who understands.
One of the recent goals I’m celebrating and am actively working on is ...
To create an eco-system of grief programs that provide various entry points into my work.
Often investments in multi-week coaching programs begin in the 4-digit pricing range, so I wanted a number that felt more approachable for my clients. With the holidays being a traditionally difficult time for grief, I decided to launch a 6-week Holiday Grief Group for $197! In this space, I’ve connected over 20 strangers who might have been grieving in isolation this holiday season and have given them a safe space to share their struggles.
In addition to my free Facebook group, I’m in the works of creating a LIVE version of my online moveTHRU Grief course that will launch in January 2022! This will be a mid-tier offer that teaches clients how to name, own and FEEL their emotions through exercise, and then understand what they their feelings are saying to inform their healing.
I’m hoping that these new programs will be more accessible and meet clients where they are at.
Losing someone who you love is devastating. There is no way around it. AND by moving thru grief with the right tools and community, there is opportunity for growth, transformation and fulfillment in life — regardless of it being the life you never wanted. But at the same time — here you are!
And what a gift that is.
ABOUT MoveTHRU:
Website: https://movethrugrief.com/
Instagram: @emilypbingham
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As it is the time of holidays and Emily launched her first Holiday Grief Group this year, below she shares 3 Tips for Holidays & Grief:
1) GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION
There are no rules in grief, except the ones you place on yourself! Give yourself permission to feel whatever you need to feel AND to say NO.
Say NO to people who cannot hold space for your pain;To festivities and events that will add to your suffering; To the Holidays all together! Really, you don't have to do anything but lie in bed if that is what serves you most right now.
2) REMEMBER YOU WON'T FEEL THIS WAY FOREVER
This one is major! Focus on what you need right NOW to survive THIS holiday season — not every Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year to come! Sometimes we overcomplicate these decisions because we feel like we will be locked into them forever. Embrace the fact that change is constant, feelings & emotions are fluid, and that grief evolves in time.
3) MAKE SPACE FOR GRIEF
When there is love for your person, there will be grief. Own this. Normalize this! Taking time away from the hustle & bustle of the festivities to feel what you need to feel, and utilizing coping mechanisms like an intentional work-out, meditation or a drive in your car listening to music and crying, can provide a needed release of emotion.