Grief Over Relationship Loss
The Grieving Nurse
Grief doesn't always mean someone has died. Grief is a normal response to a major loss. Marriage betrayal or divorce is a major loss. The end of a relationship is a major loss. You can experience the normal grief stages and not even realizes this is happening. This episode I talk about how to handle this kind of grief. This grief can cut as deep but not receive the support from others around you.
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I Feel Selfish In My Grief
The Grieving Nurse
When people are dying/die, there a lot of people that come out of the woodwork. This may feel comforting or it can make you feel selfish. You don't want to share your loved one with people that hardly knew them. We can let this selfishness affect us mentally. It can also affect others around us who are trying to support us and care for us. This episode I talk about how feeling selfish is normal. I walk you through what to do with that feeling so you don't take it out on others around you. Book a
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I Can't Grieve
The Grieving Nurse
After a loved one dies most people go through a stage where you feel numb. You feel like you can't grieve. Like the death is not real, or that it hasn't hit you yet. This episode I talk about why that happens and how to handle that. Are you struggling and don't know if your grief is normal. Book a free consult
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No One Understands My Grief
The Grieving Nurse
When your loved on dies, you feel alone. You try to talk about your pain and people say things like "they are in a better place," or "they wouldn't want you to be sad." This does not help. You feel pushed away, isolated, and lonely. You try not to cry in front of people or you wait until you are in the shower to cry. This episode I teach you how to allow those emotions. How to know exactly what to do to make yourself feel better in those situations. I teach you how to communicate with your family and friends so they know what to say and do to support you. Book a free consult
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My Grief Story
The Grieving Nurse
This episode I talk about my grief journey and why I wanted to help people who are struggling with grief. Grief is hard, but you don't have to go it alone. Book a free consult call. I will help you get through the hard days.
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Episode #100 The First Time I Felt Grief As A Nurse
The Grieving Nurse
Celebrate episode #100 with me! I have been reflecting on how far I have come since my first podcast. This summer I have been discerning the gifts and talents that God has given me and what he is calling me to. This episode I talk about the first time I remember feeling grief as a nurse. How heavy that felt and how I just kept going and didn't process that. I cover the upcoming changes to my podcast and business. I have dealt with a lot of death in my life. With the loss of loved ones and also working as a hospice nurse. Moving forward I will be offering strategies and techniques on the grief...
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Episode #99 Healthy Habit Reset with Janna Kerr
The Grieving Nurse
You rush through most days. You are busy taking care of others. At the end of the day you look back and realize that you didn't make good healthy choices. So you tell yourself that you will start tomorrow. Then tomorrow comes and the same thing happens. This can turn into months or years of unhealthy, often neglectful habits. This episode I talk with Janna Kerr, she is an intagretive nutrition health coach. She has a free 10 day challenge starting September 9th, 2024. She helps you look at everything in your life that affects your health. Whether it be your faith, your career, or your home...
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Episode #98 My Job Needs Me, So They Should Treat Me Better
The Grieving Nurse
We have all thought this at one time or another. When the nursing profession is so short staffed, we start to think that our employer needs us, more than we need them. That may be statistically true. However, the way we show up when we start to think this way, is usually not very kind or nice. This episode I talk through a bridge thought. How to get from the thought you are currently having to one that makes you feel better. A thought can be the difference between dreading going to work every day and loving your job. A thought can be the difference between biting your tongue, or lashing out at...
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Episode #97 How To Help Your Husband Through A Difficult Time
The Grieving Nurse
Your husband is going through a difficult time. Maybe it's his health and he seems depressed. Maybe his job is really at a difficult time right now and he is super stressed. You want to help but you don't really know what to do. He is on edge all the time and everything you say seems to make it worse. This episode I go through 4 steps that you can take to help make the situation better. You are not trying to change him and his feelings. I guide you through being a supportive wife and how to listen. Is your husband driving you crazy with how crabby he is all the time. Book a to get help....
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Episode #96 Self Care; It's Not As Hard As You Think
The Grieving Nurse
We hear about self-care all the time. What does it really mean? The world tells us that it should be a bubble bath and shopping. What if you don't like those things? This episode I talk about what self care truly is. It's not as hard as you think. It doesn't take as much time as you think. Feel like there has to be more to life than this? Book a .
info_outlineWe all want over night success. We want to believe that the commercials that talk about losing 14 pounds in 14 days work. We think that there is a secret thing that some people have and that's why they have overnight success.
This episode I talk about slow success. Slow success is success that lasts. We can all have quick success, but in order for something to last it needs to be permanent change. This takes time. The example I give is with weight loss. What would you do to have slow success, and a permanent change, instead of having instant gratification.