How to Navigate the Holidays After Losing Loved Ones
Spend time with supportive friends and family.. Seek emotional support from a trusted friend or family member.. Connect with your local community.
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Spend time with supportive friends and family.
Spend time with supportive friends and family.
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Seek emotional support from a trusted friend or family member.
Seek emotional support from a trusted friend or family member.
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Connect with your local community.
Connect with your local community.
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Delegate holiday-related chores.
Delegate holiday-related chores.
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Externalize your feelings of grief and loss in healthy ways.
Externalize your feelings of grief and loss in healthy ways.
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Tweak your traditions.
Tweak your traditions.
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Focus on being thankful.
Focus on being thankful.
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Allow yourself time to feel sad.
Allow yourself time to feel sad.
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Remember your strengths in times of grief.
Remember your strengths in times of grief.
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Pamper yourself around the holidays.
Pamper yourself around the holidays.
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Avoid relying on alcohol, drugs, or other medications to cope.
Avoid relying on alcohol, drugs, or other medications to cope.
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