“Reclaiming the initiatory power and healing potential residing in grief is to take back our own emotional power and remember who we are...It is the capacity of your heart to hold more and more of the divine and to open even more to life in appreciation for the miracle it truly is.” -Nandi Hetenyi Lately I have been reflecting on the initiatory role of grief in our lives. If we think about it in terms of the stages of initiation: severance, liminality, and return, it gives a