What To Do on Birthdays
The Grieving Nurse
It's your first birthday since your loved one had died. You don't feel like celebrating. People tell you that they would want you to be happy. You know that, but you just feel sad. This episode I help you through your birthday or your loved ones birthday. You want to keep living but things feel harder and more lonely now. You feel like there is something wrong with you. Let's normalize our grief. Book a free online grief consult
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My Grief Isn't As Bad As Theirs
The Grieving Nurse
You think that you shouldn't be as upset as you are because this isn't true grief. Other people are going through so much worse. You are fine. This episode I talk about what happens when we believe that. Our grief comes out in other ways that we may not even realize. I help you know what to do about that. Grief is a normal response to a major loss. It doesn't matter if others think it's major. What matters is that it's major to you. Book a to talk through your grief.
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Grief in the New Year
The Grieving Nurse
We think that the New Year should help our grief be better. We feel bad because we don't. Then after December people stop checking in. This feels so isolating and lonely. This episode I talk about the new year and what that can mean for your grief. Starting January 15th join me for 24 hour access coaching. You know something needs to change and you don't know what to do.
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I Feel So Guilty
The Grieving Nurse
The guilt you feel after a loved one has died can be crushing. Others try to reassure you that there was nothing you could have done but you don't believe it. You feel this pressure that you should have saved them. You should have done more. You should have known. This episode I talk about the different types of guilt after a loved one has died. This guilt is normal but we tend to get stuck in it. Book a .
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I Am Alone
The Grieving Nurse
Grief can feel very isolating and lonely. How do you move on when you really don't have anyone else. What if your loved one was the only person in your life? This episode I talk about what life can look like when you are the only one left. Book a
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The Out of Control Feeling
The Grieving Nurse
Grief makes us feel like we are out of control. We do or say things that we wouldn't normally do. This episode I break down what happens when we act like that. Usually if we back track we can pin point the moment that we first started to feel out of control or like a failure. We try to push it away until we no longer can, when then it comes out in a way we don't want it to. Get help walking through your grief journey. Book a free grief consult .
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Grief with a Complex Relationship
The Grieving Nurse
Grief can have many layers. Grief especially can have layers when you had a complex relationship with the person you are grieving. Maybe there was abuse or abandonment. You might feel like you aren't affected at all. Then you might wonder if you are heartless or if there is something wrong with you. People might tell you that you should be happy this person is dead, but you don't feel that way. You feel sad and don't know why. This episode I talk through those feelings with you. It is normal to feel this way. Book a free grief consult
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Grief Associated With Alzheimer's
The Grieving Nurse
Watching your loved one slowly fade away over time is it's own sort of torture. This is true with cancer. This is especially true with diseases such as Alzheimers, Parkinson's, ALS, and Huntington's disease. This episode I specifically talk about Alzheimers because of the way the disease progresses. Your loved one can forget who you are years before they die. You want their suffering to stop. You want your suffering to stop. Then you feel guilty because you don't want them to die and can't believe you thought that. This a natural response. Thinking this doesn't not make you a horrible person....
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Anticipatory Grief with Erin Whalen, CEO of Compassionate Coaching
The Grieving Nurse
Sometimes the loneliest part of grief is that we don't understand that what we are feeling or experiencing. Something feels off, but it doesn't have a name. It just feels like a hovering, looming, broken feeling. This episode I talk with Erin Whalen. She founded the company, Compassionate Coaching, where they use improv theater to help others through their grief. Erin lived with anticipatory grief for 40 years, not knowing or undertanding what it was. Her company host online group events where people come to share their unique grief experience. Erin and a variety of other actors play back your...
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When People Stop Caring or Checking In
The Grieving Nurse
After a loved one dies a lot of people reach out to offer prayers and well wishes. Then it seems like over night, people disappear. You are left alone. You want support but you don't know how to ask for it. Or you think people should just know what you need. This episode I help you though the days when people stop showing up. You get easy, tangible steps to know what you need, when you need it. I'll show you ways to feel better when others don't know how to help. Book a free discovery call .
info_outlineCelebrate 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 that nurses go through. When a patient dies, often you feel alone and work offers no repreave. I will help you when you can't stop thinking about it.
I am so excited for this next chapter. You can book a free consult call here.