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Grief is love lost

Grief is love lost

Audio sessions for coping with grief.

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Category: Unproductive grieving patterns

As we settle into coping and managing our grief, we need to be aware of avoidance behaviors that can misdirect us from successful grief.

In this section, you'll be able to identify whether you may have veered off course.

Posted on July 29, 2020August 21, 2020

Avoidance Behaviors: Absence of Pain

A rare grief response where emotional and physical pain are suppressed.

https://griefislovelost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-Somaticizer.mp3
Posted on July 29, 2020August 29, 2024

Avoidance Behaviors: Replacement

As we experience grief, we need to be careful about moving too quickly to replace what we've lost.

https://griefislovelost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-Replacer.mp3
Posted on July 29, 2020August 29, 2024

Avoidance Behaviors: Minimizing

You believe he/she is in heaven. But you must still deal with grief on the "human side."

https://griefislovelost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-Minimizer.mp3
Posted on July 29, 2020August 29, 2024

Avoidance Behaviors: Postponing / Displacing

"If I just don't think about it, it'll go away," isn't true and doesn't work.

https://griefislovelost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Postponer-Displacer.mp3
Grief is Love Lost is produced by Eli Zaret and Dr. John Canine PhD.

Here's a Playlist with a sample session from each category.

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