{"id":8221,"date":"2020-12-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gocuris.com\/dealing-with-grief-during-the-holidays\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T09:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T09:20:06","slug":"dealing-with-grief-during-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gocuris.com\/dealing-with-grief-during-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing With Grief During The Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cMerry Christmas!\u201d \u201cHappy Holidays!\u201d \u201cHappy New Year!\u201d
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\u200bThese phrases in our society typically bring happiness and joy, but to those who are grieving the loss of a loved one, these words can sting.\u00a0\u00a0Grief is hard enough on a normal day, but you add the pressure and expectations of the holidays, the pain seems to increase.\u00a0\u00a0Throughout the holiday season, those of us who are missing someone important could use some relief.\u00a0\u00a0Here are some tips that can help you through this holiday season.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Decide what traditions you want to keep and which ones you\u2019d rather not try to do.\u00a0\u00a0You do not have to do everything, but it is important to review your traditions and do the traditions most important to you. In deciding what traditions you\u2019ll keep during the holiday season you can also choose to add a new tradition.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Decide what traditions you want to keep and which ones you\u2019d rather not try to do.\u00a0\u00a0You do not have to do everything, but it is important to review your traditions and do the traditions most important to you. In deciding what traditions you\u2019ll keep during the holiday season you can also choose to add a new tradition.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Decide what traditions you want to keep and which ones you\u2019d rather not try to do.\u00a0\u00a0You do not have to do everything, but it is important to review your traditions and do the traditions most important to you. In deciding what traditions you\u2019ll keep during the holiday season you can also choose to add a new tradition.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Decide what traditions you want to keep and which ones you\u2019d rather not try to do.\u00a0\u00a0You do not have to do everything, but it is important to review your traditions and do the traditions most important to you. In deciding what traditions you\u2019ll keep during the holiday season you can also choose to add a new tradition.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Decide what traditions you want to keep and which ones you\u2019d rather not try to do.\u00a0\u00a0You do not have to do everything, but it is important to review your traditions and do the traditions most important to you. In deciding what traditions you\u2019ll keep during the holiday season you can also choose to add a new tradition.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Wherever you are along your grief journey, whether your loss was last month or years ago, you are allowed to grieve and feel the feelings that come up during the holiday season.\u00a0\u00a0There is no timeline to grief, therefore there is no timeline on using whatever coping skills<\/a> you will need in your emotional toolbox this holiday season.\u00a0\u00a0If you are needing help along your grief journey, we invite you to give our office a call. We can set up a time for you to speak with someone who can walk alongside you in your grief journey this holiday season and beyond. We wish you a Happy Holiday season, filled with joy and times of remembering and reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you are struggling with grief this time of year,\u00a0schedule an appointment<\/a>\u00a0with one of our providers to help you through this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u201cMerry Christmas!\u201d \u201cHappy Holidays!\u201d \u201cHappy New Year!\u201d\u200b\u200bThese phrases in our society typically bring happiness and joy, but to those who are grieving the loss of a loved one, these words can sting.\u00a0\u00a0Grief is hard enough on a normal day, but you add the pressure and expectations of the holidays, the pain seems to increase.\u00a0\u00a0Throughout the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[466],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-addiction"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gocuris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gocuris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gocuris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gocuris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gocuris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gocuris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8223,"href":"https:\/\/gocuris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8221\/revisions\/8223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gocuris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gocuris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gocuris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gocuris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}