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When the Holidays Hurt
The holiday season has a way of arriving with a very specific kind of pressure. That is, the pressure to feel something you may not actually feel. Grateful. Joyful. Surrounded by warmth and people who love you. That “Hallmark” experience. And if your reality looks different from that picture, and that gap between what the holidays are "supposed" to be and what they actually are is wide, you may feel some very hard emotions.
Grief: A Nonlinear Journey of Healing
Grief is a complex and deeply personal emotion that accompanies loss. It's a process that is still often misunderstood; as much as we want grief to follow a straight path from pain to acceptance, it doesn't. Instead, it's a journey filled with twists and turns, marked by various stages that may shift and cycle.