282. Grief Exhaustion: Permission to Rest When You Have Nothing Left

About this episode

Teresa Davis discusses the importance of allowing grieving moms to rest and take care of themselves amidst their struggles.

You are tired in a way that sleep doesn't fix. And somewhere in the back of your mind you already know that — but you keep going anyway. Because stopping feels wrong. Because everyone around you still needs something. And summer is coming and you can already feel the weight of what it used to look like pressing up against what it looks like now. This episode is for the mom who has been holding everyone else together and has forgotten that she is allowed to be held too. The mom who thinks that pushing harder is the answer. The mom who is existing instead of living and doesn't even realize it anymore. Today Teresa gives you something she wishes someone had given her much earlier in her own grief journey — permission to rest. And more than that — she shows you exactly what that looks like right now, in this season, in this life that looks nothing like it used to. In this episode you'll discover... Why the habits you created just to survive grief may no longer be serving you — and what to do about it The two areas Teresa wants you to focus on right now that will significantly affect your grief journey years from now What rest actually looks like when you are a grieving mom — and why…

People in this episode

Host: Teresa Davis

Topics covered

• grief exhaustion
• permission to rest
• grieving moms
• self-care
• Christian support
• healing

Keywords

• grief
• rest
• self-care
• Christianity
• healing
• grieving mothers
• exhaustion

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