Navigating the Holidays After Pregnancy or Infant Loss | Episode 101 with Meg Walker, Mary Margaret Powtiz & Ashlee Proffitt
Episode 101
Today I am chatting with Mary Margaret Powitz and Meg Walker about what it looks like to navigate the holidays season while grieving. We come into this conversation with different experiences and different perspectives as our journeys have spanned different amounts of time -- this will be my 12th holiday season since my son died, it will be Meg’s 6th and Mary Margaret's second. I think the different perspectives and what we have learned and are learning along the way will be really helpful.
In this episode we talk about what the biggest challenges a grieving mom faces during the holiday season and ideas and wisdom for how to handle those challenges. We talk about expectations and how to handle those. We talk about hurtful conversation and things said and how to handle those. We talk about what it looks like to parent living children during the holidays when you are grieving. We talk about traditions and triggers and creating boundaries. We also talk about what it looks like to love and support a grieving mom through the holidays.
This episode is honest and holds a myriad of wisdom about navigating one of the most difficult aspects of grief and life after loss. I really think that it will be helpful and a source of hope as we enter into the holiday season.
Free Holiday Preparation Guide
The Holiday season, Thanksgiving into Christmas and New Years can be excruciating for families walking through loss. They can feel impossible, overwhelming, scary, or simply something to be avoided.
Use this guide as a tool to give yourself space for your thoughts and feelings as you prepare for the Holidays.
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FOR WHEN CHRISTMAS DOESN’T FEEL MERRY.
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A MOTHER GIVING BIRTH TO A CHILD SHE WOULD ONE DAY LOSE. A SAVIOR BEING BORN, BUT BEING BORN TO DIE. JOY AND SORROW HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
IT’S OK TO FEEL WEARY THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON WHILE STILL REJOICING IN THE HOPE OF WHAT CHRISTMAS REALLY MEANS.
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