Soul Sayers

Avoiding Loss and Grief - Moving to Acceptance and Finding Strength


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These are difficult trying times. Therapist and coach Julie Markowtiz, LMSW is here to talk about the harmful effects of not working through grief, some tools to get you through and what's waiting on the other side.
 
 

Episode Highlights:

 

  • The connection between our relationships and our belief systems about ourselves
  • The role that grief, control, and fear of the unknown play in our lives and relationships
  • Julie’s advice for dealing with being at the crossroads of a relationship, managing your fear/anxiety throughout the Coronavirus Pandemic, and when grieving the loss of a loved one
  • Seeking help and support
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    Quotes:

     

    “Every relationship, I think, that we have in our lives is some kind of re-creation of our early childhood experiences.”

     

    “I think a lot of the time what we’re trying to do is avoid feeling the grief of realizing who our parents actually are instead of who we thought they were.”

     

    “Mental well being is an ability to live in reality…seeing reality can sometimes be so distressing for people.”

     

    “We have these beliefs about ourselves and the world, and we need to see other people a certain way in order to maintain our own belief system about ourselves.”

     

    “It wasn’t until I started looking at my own stuff that my relationships got healthier.”

     

    “The only certainty in life is uncertainty.”

     

    “I think helplessness is the scariest feeling for all of us.”

     

    “We also see grief as being out of control.”

     

    “You’re allowed to want what you want.”

     

    “The grief is what led to the idea that I could have something better, and something that I actually really wanted…the grief is what creates space for something new.”

     

    “We forget that moving on can create these amazing opportunities for something that we never knew was possible.”

     

    “You don’t need to have other people defining you.”

     

    “In order to heal, we heal within relationships.”

     

    “Our nervous systems start to get dysregulated when we overwhelm ourselves with information that’s scary to us.”

     

    “This is a really big time of uncertainty.”

     

    “Whatever you’re going through, you can get through this, you’re resilient, and it’s not going to last forever.”

     

     Links:

     

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    Deanna’s email:    [email protected]

     

    Bird & Bear homepage: www.birdandbear.biz

     

    Julie’s homepage:  https://juliemarkowitztherapy.com/

     

    Julie’s Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/juliemarkowitztherapy/

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    Soul SayersBy Deanna Rousseau Causey