The Empty Chair: Coping with Grief During the Holidays
About this episode
This episode discusses coping with grief during the holidays and offers practical tools for processing emotions.
Are you dreading the holidays this year because someone won't be at your table? Maybe someone you love has died. Maybe your kids have grown up and moved away. Maybe traditions are changing and your heart is aching in ways you didn't expect. You're not alone. And you don't have to "get through" this season by gritting your teeth and pretending you're fine. In this episode, you'll discover: ✓ Why trying to plan or control your grief doesn't work (and what to do instead) ✓ How to process grief when it ambushes you unexpectedly—in the grocery store, looking at recipes, or decorating the tree ✓ Why you can feel grief AND joy at the same time (and why that's actually healthy) ✓ What Jesus's response to Lazarus's death teaches us about sitting with grief instead of rushing through it ✓ 7 practical tools for processing your emotions during the holidays (not just surviving them) ✓ What to say (and NOT say) if you're trying to comfort someone who's grieving ✓ How to acknowledge the empty chair without letting it destroy your peace The promise of this episode: You'll learn that grief doesn't need to be fixed—it needs to be felt. And when you give yourself permission to feel it, you make…
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