It’s not uncommon these days to hear people talk about “the work,” or the inner healing that needs to take place within all of us in order to move forward as a society. And in most (if not all) cases, healing from grief is a part of this work. “Grief work is the work, and …
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Once you have secured your first appointment, think about how you ideally wish it to begin. Is it helpful for you to write down some points you want to cover and share those with the therapist at the start of the appointment? Or does that feel like too much pressure? It might be more helpful to begin that appointment …
“Words like happy, merry, and joy go a long way in succinctly explaining why grief is such a hard load to bear during the holidays,” says Childs. “The pressure to create, partake in, and loudly bang the drum of ‘the perfect holiday season’ is something that many of us feel every year, but when you’re …
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Childs describes her role as a grief therapist as a companion to those who feel lost in the woods. “I have often found that the most reliable light to shine into the darkness is the one gathered from the collective wisdom of those who have walked before us,” she says. Over the course of her …
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Maybe the better question is, can you stop loving someone willingly? Snyder thinks so, but it takes time. “It can be hard to imagine, in the moment, that your feelings will ever fade,” he says. “You might even not want them to fade. But feelings do change over time. That’s just the nature of things. You’ll change …
