How to Grieve like a Tantrika: A Guide for When Your Life Is Falling Apart

When life falls apart, how do you keep from turning on yourself? In this deeply personal episode of This Tantric Life, Layla shares what's helping her move through heartbreak, grief, and the endings she never wanted. She reveals the shift that changed how she measures success in her hardest moments, and how she's learning to choose what's true, even when it breaks her heart. Discover how to interrupt self-criticism when life gets hard, stop mistaking today's pain for your whole future, and reclaim your worth beyond age or being chosen. Layla shares how she's learning to hold herself with love through the uncertainty, and stay open to the goodness she cannot yet see. In this episode How to not turn on yourself when everything is super hard The exact techniques I use to move through challenging moments so that I can receive the goodness that is right around the corner How to hold yourself with love when life doesn't go your way How I overcome ageism and the fear of dying alone and how you can do the same MORE FROM LAYLA 🔥 Build sexual confidence with Men's Sexual Mastery 🌹 Deepen self-love and pleasure with Obliss 💋 Make pleasure a daily ritual with MOOD 🌐 Explore Layla's teachings and programs 💌 Get free practices in your inbox 🌸 Follow us on Instagram Timestamps 00:00 How to move through heartbreak without being mean to yourself 00:58 How living well prepares you for unwanted endings 02:58 From celebrating my recovery to facing another unexpected loss 08:48 Losing the dream home where I imagined my next chapter 13:08 The extraordinary relationship I thought could go the distance 19:22 Hope that transforms versus hope that keeps you waiting 26:38 Why I let go of a program with over $1 million already sold 43:06 The spiritual belief that makes hardship feel like failure 51:11 Explore Obliss, my self-love and pleasure program (ad) 52:32 The Burning Man lesson I now use to navigate life's hardest seasons 56:05 Learning from your choices without attacking yourself 1:04:51 The shift in how I measure success that changed my experience of heartbreak 1:08:42 My five-minute grief practice, and the words I use when self-criticism starts 1:14:06 Shop mood, my supplement brand (ad) 1:18:26 Why I'm giving myself months to grieve instead of rushing my next chapter 1:19:28 My "40 cats" era, and the fear of being unwanted 1:23:15 How I stopped making partnership the proof of my worth 1:35:40 Finding happiness beyond getting what I wanted 1:39:23 Build the support you'll need in your next hard season 1:41:53 Get my personal stories and free practices by email