Holiday Debrief: Ghosting Therapists, New Year’s Breakups, and Holiday Angels

The holidays are over - you made it. By the looks of our inbox, the season wasn’t easy. This week, a holiday debrief, including bad behavior from therapists, why religion is not the answer to grief, and some true facts about dating after loss. 

In this episode we cover:

• how to say “I can’t work with you” without accidentally shaming your patients or clients
• why “but your (dead relative) is all around you, just in a new form!” maybe isn’t the most supportive thing to say
• questions to ask yourself when faced with a surprise romantic breakup (and what that has to do with grief) 
• and as always - fun talk about boundaries. 

Questions to Carry with you:

• Boundary practice! 
• Still working on those resolutions? Be sure to listen to the two-part episode New Year, Same Grief (and the Math of Suffering) for help creating resolutions that feel a little more achievable than “overhaul my entire life”  

Find all this, plus instructions for how to submit YOUR questions to be answered on a future show in this episode of Here After with Megan Devine. Tune in, subscribe, leave a review, and share the show with everyone you know. Together, we can make things better, even when they can’t be made right. 

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