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Grief and the Empty Room

Grief and Loss: The Empty Room

Grief is a natural response to loss, involving a range of emotions. It’s an individual experience with no fixed timeline or correct way to grieve. There are myths about grief, such as the notion that ignoring pain or not crying means one isn’t grieving but we all grieve in our own way.

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Making mistakes is a part of learning and growing into adulthood.

Kwanzaa: A Letter to My Nephew- Part I

Kwanzaa: A letter to my nephew. As you move forward into manhood, I guarantee that you will make mistakes. You NEED to make mistakes to grow. There is no way around that. Practice making better mistakes. Learn from the mistakes of others. Give yourself permission to mess up. Laugh at yourself every day. We are really not that important. Throw your anxiety to the wind. Those that are building their lives have little time to criticize. When you see a critic, feel compassion for them. They made a choice to spend their energy tearing down instead of building up. But remember, you are about the business of creating.

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Falling down and getting back up

How to Get Back Up Again Using Coping Skills

Learning to reframe our circumstances is one of the most critical coping skills we can develop in this lifetime. As therapists, we learn this art early. Reframing is the ability to step back and look at life events with a “wise mind.” We cultivate a wise mind when we take information without emotion or judgment. Using our coping skills and wise minds, we allow ourselves to process information to see how it can serve us meaningfully. We can also see reframing and this wise mind process as putting us in the driver’s seat of our emotions.

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