Healing the Adult Child's Grieving Heart by Alan D Wolfelt

Author:Alan D Wolfelt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Companion Press
Published: 2012-03-09T00:00:00+00:00

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What’s the next anniversary you’ve been dreading? Make a plan right now for what you will do on that day. Enlist a friend’s help so you won’t be alone.

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TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF

Good self-care is nurturing and necessary for mourners, yet it’s something many of us completely overlook.

Try very hard to eat well and get adequate rest. Lay your body down 2-3 times a day for 20-30 minutes, even if you don’t sleep. I know—you probably don’t care very much about eating well right now, and you may be sleeping poorly. But taking care of yourself is truly one way to fuel healing and to begin to embrace life again.

Drink at least 5-6 glasses of water each day. Dehydration can compound feelings of fatigue and disorientation.

Exercise not only provides you with more energy, it can give you focused thinking time. Take a 20-minute walk every day. Or, if that seems too much, a five-minute walk. But don’t over-exercise, because your body needs extra rest, as well.

Now more than ever, you need to allow time for you.

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