Healing the Loss of My Father
A Gentle 7-Day Journey
Healing the Inner Boy Who Lost His Father
This page offers a guided meditation, a reflection sheet, and a 7‑day healing journey for safely meeting childhood grief with compassion.
Guided Meditation
Take a comfortable seat. Place a hand over your heart… (full meditation above)
Printable Reflection Page
Download the questions and journaling lines to gently explore what the thirteen-year-old you needed and still needs today.
7-Day Healing Program
Each day includes a simple, safe practice designed to help you reconnect with the part of you that carried this trauma alone.
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1. Guided Meditation — “Holding the Thirteen-Year-Old Me”
Take a comfortable seat. Place one hand over your heart and one on your belly.
Breathe softly and let the breath settle.
Imagine the boy you were at thirteen, standing beside your father’s bed.
See him not as an image of trauma, but as a child doing the best he could to survive something impossible.
Quietly say inwardly: “I am here now. You don’t have to face this alone anymore.”
Invite him to sit beside you. Let your adult presence surround him with warmth.
If tears come, let them come gently. If no tears arise, simply stay with him.
Whisper: “I understand you. I am here. You matter to me.”
Allow the practice to close softly with a slow breath and a hand over the heart.
2. Printable Reflection Page
Reflection Questions:
- What do I remember feeling at thirteen, even if I could not express it?
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- What does the boy inside me need to hear from the man I am now?
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- What emotions am I ready to safely feel now that I could not feel then?
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3. Seven-Day Healing Program — “Reuniting with My Inner Boy”
Day 1 — Meeting the Boy Gently
Sit quietly and imagine the thirteen-year-old you. Offer one sentence of kindness.
Day 2 — Releasing What Was Frozen
Place a hand over your heart and softly say: “It’s safe now.” Allow any emotion to rise in small waves.
Day 3 — Bringing Your Father Back into the Heart
Recall a warm memory with your father. Let it reconnect your heart to his love.
Day 4 — Writing to Your Father
Write a simple letter: “Dad, here is what I never got to say…”
Day 5 — Speaking to the Inner Boy
Tell him what he means to you now, from the wisdom of your seventy-six-year-old heart.
Day 6 — Letting the Body Heal
Use slow breathing and gentle hand placement to calm the nervous system as memories rise.
Day 7 — Integrating the Journey
Review the week. Notice what softened, opened, or became clearer.