Tag: surviving widowhood
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Facts, Thoughts, and Feelings
By understanding the difference between facts, thoughts, and feelings, you can develop a more helpful and accurate perspective on your situation. This can help you move forward with greater resilience and self-awareness.
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How Do You Spend Your Time?
Are you spending time in ways that will help you grow and get through your grief journey or are you spending time in ways that will keep you stuck?
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How Does Clutter Represent Unfinished Business
I know that in the life you’ve been given at the moment it may feel like a bomb went off, and you may wonder why even bother?
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How Do You Navigate a Transition?
In our grieving process, there is a before, and after, and the mess in the middle. There is a period of darkness, and eventually there is light.
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Spending Time In Nature
Do you struggle with managing our mental health in your life after loss? The research is solid: spending time in nature is an excellent way to boost your mood!
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You Weren’t Meant To Stay Stuck
You and I are meant to be like a dynamic body of water; moving, alive, full of potential.
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Learning To Practice Radical Acceptance
I’m sure you’ve heard a lot about acceptance as part of the grief process; it’s one of the stages of grief. Did you know that there is something beyond acceptance? It’s called radical acceptance, and learning to practice radical acceptance will transform your grief experience for the better. Promise! Acceptance is the act of acknowledging…
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Surviving the Holidays
It’s that time of year again. It’s time for surviving the holidays. In our life after loss, they can be filled with triggers! I’ve compiled some of my favorite strategies for not just managing the trigger times, but life in general! Get your notebook out, you’ll want to write these down. Harness the Power of…
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Learning To Breathe Again
Give yourself the gift of grace and time. You have suffered a life changing loss. You’ve had the wind knocked out of you. Stop berating yourself because you are not immediately running the race again.
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The Lessons in the Leaves
If you’ve given it you all, celebrate and REST. Shed the things that are draining you. Simplify. Cut back. Fuel yourself with nourishing foods. And finally, honor that time instead of beating yourself up for taking it. Remember, springtime will makes it’s appearance soon enough.
