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Heart Healing from Loss

Aug 30, 2022

When you're a caretaker, it can be difficult to remember to also take care of yourself. 

But not acknowledging your own boundaries, needs, and triggers can be dangerous; ignoring them for too long can cause the dreaded BURNOUT.

Once you reach the point of burnout, or "compassion fatigue," it can be hard to find or fight...


Aug 22, 2022

Grief and loss and change can come with a whole tangle of emotions — sometimes so tangled, it's difficult to sort them all out and identify each one.

That's OK. You don't have to.

Taking the pressure off when you don't really know how you feel is an important way of giving yourself a break. If someone asks you, or...


Aug 15, 2022

You can do everything right — exercise, eat right, do the things that give you joy — and still life can pull the rug out from under you.

Holly Bertone of Pink Fortitude (https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/heart-healing-loss-podcast-welcome) knows this all too well: a breast cancer diagnosis at age 38 turned her...


Aug 1, 2022

"Be busy, get busy, stay busy." It's the mantra of life in the US and much of the world, and it's a good short-term fix for grief and loss.

Emphasis on the "short-term." 

Many of us find our feelings of grief are much more acute in the evenings and at night, when the busyness of the day winds down. Suddenly we notice...