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Post-Traumatic Growth: What does growth mean after baby loss?

Growth after baby loss means moving from the shock of confronting the destruction of our beliefs/dreams/hopes. Recognizing that it is important to give a serious thought about how we want to continue living life to start building a new system of understanding that can help us integrate and survive this trauma and the ones to come in the future. Reflecting and working towards post-traumatic growth is possible and I am here to support you in that process. Would you like…

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Reminder: True Love Never Ends

TRUE LOVE NEVER ENDS... ...and this powerful love can be transformed, expanded and used in ways that you probably don’t even dare to think about at this moment. When you do the work to transform the power of that pure love into strength, you will be prepared for whatever life will throw at you in the future and you will learn to integrate your baby in your life. It isn’t easy but it is definitely worth it.  After all you…

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Post-Traumatic Growth: 1st Strategy: Feeling all the feels.

Post-Traumatic Growth: Turning trauma into strength. Feeling all the feels, that sounds nice...but how do you do that? The best way to start is to own your feelings and be willing to feel them all, exactly as they appear.  Whenever you feel down, instead of blaming yourself, feeling bad about it or spending all your energy trying to hide it --> embrace it, become aware of it, mention it.  For example: Instead of thinking: I feel terrible, I have been…

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Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG): Turning Trauma Into Strength

Post-traumatic stress gets a lot of attention after baby loss but why focus ONLY on the negative? Did you know that there can be growth after a traumatic event? That there are strategies to turn trauma into strength? In Tedeschi’s words: “In the wake of trauma, people become more aware of the futility in life, and that unsettles some while it focuses others. This is the paradox of growth: People become more vulnerable yet stronger.” In the coming days, I…

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