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Grief: Putting Yourself Aside
You can be the person who holds everyone together and still be hurting. That tension has been weighing on my heart lately, because so many of us practice “self care” in theory while living out the opposite in real life: we spend our energy serving, comforting, smoothing things over, and staying strong so nobody else has to feel the full weight of the moment.
In this episode, we talk about grief support the way it actually looks in families after a death. I share what I noticed when my brother-in-law died: I felt unusually calm and had the right words for the people around me, even while everything was crashing inside.
Then we get honest about a common pattern, especially for many women : putting our own grief aside so we can take care of children, spouses, siblings, and friends even. That may come from love, but it can quietly erase us.
We also dig into something that can be hard to admit: how quickly we judge someone else’s mourning when it doesn’t match our own. Not everyone cries in public. Not everyone shows pain the same way at the hospital, the funeral, or the visitation. With time, grief education, and compassion, we learn to see what might be happening under the surface and why a single safe person can change everything.
If you want practical, human words for holding space,and staying connected without losing yourself, press play. Subscribe, share this with someone who is carrying too much, and leave a review so more people can find support when they need it most.
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By FrancesYou can be the person who holds everyone together and still be hurting. That tension has been weighing on my heart lately, because so many of us practice “self care” in theory while living out the opposite in real life: we spend our energy serving, comforting, smoothing things over, and staying strong so nobody else has to feel the full weight of the moment.
In this episode, we talk about grief support the way it actually looks in families after a death. I share what I noticed when my brother-in-law died: I felt unusually calm and had the right words for the people around me, even while everything was crashing inside.
Then we get honest about a common pattern, especially for many women : putting our own grief aside so we can take care of children, spouses, siblings, and friends even. That may come from love, but it can quietly erase us.
We also dig into something that can be hard to admit: how quickly we judge someone else’s mourning when it doesn’t match our own. Not everyone cries in public. Not everyone shows pain the same way at the hospital, the funeral, or the visitation. With time, grief education, and compassion, we learn to see what might be happening under the surface and why a single safe person can change everything.
If you want practical, human words for holding space,and staying connected without losing yourself, press play. Subscribe, share this with someone who is carrying too much, and leave a review so more people can find support when they need it most.
Holding space for you, The Caring Death Doula Doula
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