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Confronting Your Triggers
Imagine a scenario in which you feel emotionally challenged, irritated or “triggered” in some way. Perhaps someone has said something you inherently disagree with, something you perceive as untrue, disrespectful or immature. How do you handle it? What is the way you typically respond? And what if your response doesn’t elicit the reply you were hoping for? And furthermore, what if the person irritating you is…your therapist!? (GASP!)
Boundaries during the holiday season
Its that time of year again, New Hallothanksmas, aka Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New years. Although for many this time of year is exciting and an opportunity to live out past times and traditions with people you love. For man, this span of 3 ½ months is has an extra layer of tension. Questions like “Will my in-laws speak negatively of me if we decide to stay home this year for Christmas?” or “What if I can’t afford to get everyone that matters to me a gift and have to prioritize...” begin to swirl around in our minds, effectively taking away the peace that we should rightfully own this time of year.
Grief is for more than death
When you think of or look up a definition of ‘grief,’ it’s typically thought of as “deep sorrow, especially that caused by someone's death.” But it’s such a specific feeling isn’t it? And I don’t know about you, but I’ve felt it WAY more often than exclusively around death.
How many different types of grief are you aware of besides death?
How to support someone through grief (do’s & don’ts)
Grief is defined as deep sorrow. Many associate grief to death, but this can be any loss. A breakup, a season of life changing, even in conjunction with happy times such as getting married, but leaving our childhood hometown, or having a baby, but knowing you will miss your life before children. Grief is relative and comes and goes in our lives at various points in time. We will go through many waves of grief, as well as those around us throughout our lifetime.
