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23/12/2023
Holiday host etiquette: If you’re inviting someone to your home and they’re grieving, be sure you’re inviting their grief to attend, too. It will be there, anyway.
Don’t invite someone with the goal of cheering them up for the holidays. Don’t expect them to put on a happy face in your home. Don’t demand they fake it til they make it or do something they don’t want to do, either.
Invite them with the loving intention of offering cheer and companionship and unconditional care during the holidays. To do this, you will need to honor and be responsive to their needs and emotions.
You can do this by privately acknowledging their grief when you make the invitation:
“I know this season is extra hard and your heart is hurting. You and your grief are welcome in our home. Come as you are, we’d be honored to have you with us.”
It’s also incredibly loving to honor the reality that it’s often hard for grieving folks to know what they will want, need, be up for, or able to tolerate at the holidays.
Giving them an invite without the need for commitment and permission to change their mind is extra loving:
“You don’t have to decide right now. If it feels good to be with us, we will have plenty of food and love for you-just show up! I’ll check in again the day before to see if you’re feeling up to coming over and if there’s anything you’d like me to know about how we can support you.”
Your grieving friends and fam need attentive care and responsiveness at the holidays, not plans to keep them busy, distracted, and happy.
If they’re laughing, laugh with them.
If they’re weeping, ask if they’d like your company or your help finding a quiet place to snuggle up alone for awhile.
If they’re laughing while weeping, and this is more common than you’d think, stay with them - this is a precious moment of the human experience that is truly sacred.
We don’t need to protect ourselves or each other from grief at the holidays. In fact, the more we embrace grief as an honored holiday guest, the more healthy, happy, and whole our holidays will be. 🙏
Sarah Nannen
02/12/2023
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This is such a wonderful webinar to follow on from our previous webinars on grief and trauma. We will talk about grief and loss and discuss the stages of grief. We will share end-of-life rituals and try to understand the expectations of people at this specific time of life.
Register now for this incredible opportunity to enhance your professional skills. Just $29, and 1.5 CPE. It's free for AKA members (remember to log in to your dashboard before registering) - so if you are not yet an AKA member, now is a great time to join.
Register via the link below:
https://aka.asn.au/event/end-of-life-webinar/
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Special of the month: tea with counselling.
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21/03/2020
something to consider trying over the weekend as we face more time at home... follow the link below to download a copy...
https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A09b70b5a-7ded-4604-b199-33c13148f403
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Tonights talk was with a great audience. How can we change fear into joy or resentment to forgiveness?
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Special offer $50.00 one on one counseling. Call Tony on 38907603