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• A recognition of the reality and finality of the death of the person who has died.

• A return to stable eating and sleeping patterns that were present prior to the death.

• A renewed sense of energy and personal well-being.

• A subjective sense of release or relief from the person who has died.   ( They have thoughts of the person, but are not preoccupied with these thoughts.

• The capacity to enjoy experiences in life that should normally be enjoyable.

• The establishment of new and healthy relationships.

• The capacity to live a full life without feelings of guilt or lack of self-respect.

• The capacity to organize and plan one’s life toward the future.

• The capacity to become comfortable with the way things are, rather than attempting to make things as they were.

• The capacity to being open to more change in one’s life.

• The awareness that one has allowed self to fully grieve.
  

• The awareness that one not "get over grief" but instead is able to acknowledge that,  "This is my new reality and I am ultimately the one who must work to create new meaning and purpose in my life."
  

• The capacity to acknowledge new parts of one’s self have been discovered in the growth through one’s grief.
  

• The capacity to adjust to the new role changes that have resulted from the loss of the relationship.
  

• The capacity to be compassionate with oneself when normal resurgence of intense grief occur like holidays, anniversaries, special occasions.
  

• The capacity to acknowledge that the pain of loss is an inherent part of life that results from the ability to give and receive love.