grief

Identifying Ambiguous Grief When Your Child Is Struggling With Substances

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As parents of children struggling with substances, we’re used to identifying feelings of fear, anger, sadness, and guilt, but we don’t always identify the grief we feel. Probably because grief is usually associated with death, but there are many types of loss that cause grief. Ambiguous loss is when the person you’re grieving is physically […]

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The Brain BS Podcast #115 Talking Grief Around the Holidays

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In this episode of the Brain BS podcast I talked about grief around the holidays. The holidays are hard for many people. When you add grief on top of that it makes the holidays even more challenging. No matter what you’re going through this holiday season the most important things you can do are be gentle with yourself and resist judging how you feel. It’s ok not to be ok.

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Recover With Colleen Podcast – Using Self Care to Process Grief

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We discuss the importance of self-care in the grieving process. We focus on my grief from the loss of my daughter Helanna, but grieving is important for all losses. Grief is how you move through the painful gap between expectations and reality. Life is filled with all kinds of painful gaps. We need to acknowledge and grieve them in order to release resistance and move toward acceptance.

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