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    Making the Holidays Your Own

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Making the Holidays Your Own

2019-11-22T12:37:23+00:00By Jennifer Stern, LISW|My Articles & Thoughts|

Happy (?) Holidays. When grieving, the holidays can feel anything but happy. If this time of year makes you feel lonely, disconnected, resentful, overwhelmed and [...]

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  • Reality
    Reality

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Reality

2019-05-30T11:09:10+00:00By Jennifer Stern, LISW|Uncategorized|

Eyes open, mind registers, heart breaks, stomach drops. It is real. It did happen. They are gone. Tears. Nausea. Searing heartache. Reality. Grief sucks. Every [...]

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  • Grief and Remembrance
    Positive Remembrance and Grief

    Positive Remembrance and Grief

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Positive Remembrance and Grief

2019-04-05T12:15:46+00:00By Jennifer Stern, LISW|My Articles & Thoughts|

We know that death is a part of life but this does not make grieving any easier. When someone we care about dies the world [...]

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  • Loving Yourself Through Grief
    Loving Yourself Through Grief

    Loving Yourself Through Grief

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Loving Yourself Through Grief

2019-02-12T02:18:10+00:00By Jennifer Stern, LISW|My Articles & Thoughts|

Loving yourself through grief, it's necessary. Self-love, self-care, self-compassion, patience and a lot of reframing from  I can’t, I’ll never to I can and I [...]

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  • Sorrow and Joy
    Sorrow and Joy

    Sorrow and Joy

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Sorrow and Joy

2018-11-30T14:08:32+00:00By Jennifer Stern, LISW|My Articles & Thoughts|

Duality. It is most certainly possible to feel two things at once, even sorrow and joy. I was born to a woman who taught me [...]

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  • Adaptive Coping and Grief
    Adaptive Coping and Grief

    Adaptive Coping and Grief

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Adaptive Coping and Grief

2018-06-18T13:31:12+00:00By Jennifer Stern, LISW|My Articles & Thoughts|

Grief is hard, unpredictable, complicated, and always (on a good day) just below the surface. It is not simply mourning the person but forever the [...]

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  • Coping with Secondary Losses
    Secondary Losses

    Secondary Losses

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Secondary Losses

2018-06-01T10:52:39+00:00By Jennifer Stern, LISW|My Articles & Thoughts|

When we think about grief we frequently focus on death itself. Grief is compounded by secondary losses that we often neglect to give credence to. [...]

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  • Managing the Anxiety of Deep Grief
    Managing the Anxiety of Deep Grief

    Managing the Anxiety of Deep Grief

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Managing the Anxiety of Deep Grief

2018-04-11T11:23:19+00:00By Jennifer Stern, LISW|My Articles & Thoughts|

Deep grief is disorienting. The overwhelming uncertainty, disbelief and confusion of trying to accept, integrate and adjust to the new normal of life without your [...]

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  • Tell them
    Tell Them

    Tell Them

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Tell Them

2018-01-26T21:25:53+00:00By Jennifer Stern, LISW|My Articles & Thoughts, Uncategorized|

When your heart is broken and you feel scared and alone reach out, allow others in, connect. Shutting in and shutting down is not the [...]

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  • What Remains Within You
    Remember Them

    Remember Them

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Remember Them

2018-01-19T16:26:08+00:00By Jennifer Stern, LISW|My Articles & Thoughts|

Remember them. Say their name out loud. Close your eyes, quiet your mind and breathe. Call them to you. Picture them at their best... Their [...]

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