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Anger after Pregnancy Loss: What It May Be Communicating and How We Can Respond

Anger after Pregnancy Loss: What It May Be Communicating and How We Can Respond

When a family experiences pregnancy loss, the grief that follows may not look the way anyone expects. It can include sadness, numbness, disbelief, relief,...

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What Is Delayed Grief & Why Can It Show Up Years Later?

What Is Delayed Grief & Why Can It Show Up Years Later?

Many people assume grief always arrives along with a loss. And often it does. But for some, it gets set aside because life is...

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Mom Rage: When Anger Isn’t The Problem

Mom Rage: When Anger Isn’t The Problem

Sometimes rage isn’t a sign that something is wrong with us. Sometimes it’s what happens when our nervous systems have been holding too much,...

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When Loss Has No Name: Understanding Ambiguous Loss

When Loss Has No Name: Understanding Ambiguous Loss

Some grief is visible. There’s a funeral, a date to mark, a community that gathers. People bring food. They check in on you. The...

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Signs of Unresolved Grief and How It Affects Us Over Time

Signs of Unresolved Grief and How It Affects Us Over Time

Grief Doesn’t Always Look like Grief Not all grief feels obvious. Sometimes loss doesn’t look like grief at all. Instead, it can feel like...

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What is Matrescence? Understanding The Whole-Person Shift into Motherhood

What is Matrescence? Understanding The Whole-Person Shift into Motherhood

Matrescence is the natural transition into motherhood. A whole-person shift that affects you biologically, psychologically, socially, and spiritually too. While it’s a normal developmental...

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Why Empty Nest Syndrome Happens and How to Care for Yourself

Why Empty Nest Syndrome Happens and How to Care for Yourself

Parents often experience a deep sense of loss when their children move out. This shift marks a major life transition and is often termed...

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Disenfranchised Grief and Acknowledging the Pain No One Sees

Disenfranchised Grief and Acknowledging the Pain No One Sees

Grief is often associated with the loss of someone we love. Many people imagine grief as something visible and widely acknowledged, such as mourning...

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What to Say to Someone Bereaved or Grieving Any Loss

What to Say to Someone Bereaved or Grieving Any Loss

Grief Isn’t Just About Death Before we look at how to respond to loss, it is important to acknowledge that grief takes many forms....

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Anticipatory Grief: Understanding the Signs and Receiving Support

Anticipatory Grief: Understanding the Signs and Receiving Support

There are times when grief begins long before death, loss, or life transitions. It can begin at diagnosis, in a scan room, during a...

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7 Cycles of Grief & The Needs of The Mourner

7 Cycles of Grief & The Needs of The Mourner

Grief doesn’t always arrive as tears with dramatic loss. Sometimes it shows up as constant exhaustion, a tight chest, or a quiet emptiness you...

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Pregnancy is a liminal space

Pregnancy is a liminal space

To me, pregnancy feels like standing at the edge of two worlds. One heartbeat rooted in what was, the next reaching toward what’s to...

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