14. #TheEmptyChair

How do you cope at Christmas when your special person is no longer alive and there’s an empty chair at the table?

 

As the ‘festive’ season approaches, the hype and advertising can become overwhelming. This episode I fly solo as we look at many of the emotions around Christmas – from sadness and overwhelm to happiness and guilt, and everything in between.

 

In this episode we cover:

• Overwhelming hype around the season
• Compounding family grief
• Putting others first as a distraction
• Doing what’s best for you through the season
• Honouring your special person in your own way
• Remembering what your person would have wanted
• Acknowledging the person who has passed
• Communicating your needs to loved ones
• When acute grief has passed and coping with another year passing
• Putting expectations on yourself and how to grieve
• Being aware what others around you might be thinking
• When someone passes on Christmas day
• Feeling relief when someone in pain passes
• Grieving the loss of family traditions when someone passes.

 

Resources and links mentioned in this episode:

• #Hashtag Death Instagram: @hashtag_death
• Ways to work with Ingrid: forevernow.com.au
• Ingrid Reiger’s Facebook: @forevernowcelebrant
• Ingrid Reiger’s Instagram: @ingrid_forevernowcelebrant
• Rochelle Olsen: www.thebabylossmentor.com.au

 

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