Grief is a complex mixture of emotions. Grief can come from many types of losses or transitions including death of a loved one or pet, divorce, job loss, loss of a friendship, moving, etc. Grief emotions are often cyclical in nature and are felt at various levels throughout the year depending on the intensity of emotional triggers. Sometimes seasonal changes bring back memories of other emotional experiences at that same time of year.
Families across the country are preparing for the upcoming holiday break. This time of year, while full of joy and love, can also be a time of chaos and stress for many people. There is a change in routine and schedule, new experiences, new stimuli and lots of changes in general.
Consider your holiday break last year. Was it stressful? Would you like this year to be more on the Merry & Bright side instead of the Chaotic & Stressful side? We are here to help! Creative Family Counseling has two upcoming, time limited services available, which can help your winter break go peacefully this year!
Holidays, Parties, Weddings, and Baby Showers. They are celebrations of joy, right? They definitely are, but for some, they can also be painful reminders of what (or who) is missing from our lives.
For those who have experienced a loss, the first year is a year full of “firsts” without our deceased loved one. There’s our first birthday, their first birthday, first Mother and/or Father’s Day, first Christmas…you get the idea. It’s difficult to carry on with the world around us during those seasons when we feel that we are drowning in our own grief. Those first holidays and celebrations are painful reminders to what we already know – that that loved one will never again celebrate with us. Even after the first year of a significant loss, there are still certain times of year when missing our loved one hurts a little more, no matter how long we’ve been without them.