Task Three: Adjusting

We have reached week three of our series on Worden’s Four Tasks of Mourning. This week we are talking about the third task which is to adjust to an environment where the deceased is missing. This task focuses on working on finding a new normal without our loved one with us. If you have not…

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The Need for Self Care

Self care? What does that mean? What is it supposed to look like? Can we take care of ourselves during our grief? How are we supposed to do that? I often tell my people I work with how I manage my grief on days that it is taking over my body.  If I wake up…

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Halfway Through the Year

On Monday we reached our honorary halfway through the year mark.  On July 1 each year I tend to evaluate where I am in that year’s word and make an evaluation of what needs to happen the last six months of the year to reach my goals.  It is a tradition at the start of…

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May: Mental Health Awareness

I did not want May to end without talking about Mental Health Awareness month.  May is set aside for mental health, for advocacy, for awareness, and for helping people see that taking care of your mental health is ok.  Not only is it ok, it is required of us to take care of our mental…

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