In this week’s episode, we speak about Christmas, Hanukkah and other year-end holidays and how we can best navigate through them.
If this is the first year without your special loved one, there are many decisions that need to be made to help yourself get through them with the least amount of stress and anxiety.
So listen in to Episode 211 and please be kind to yourself as we move into this season.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss how to prepare yourself as we encounter the year-end holidays.
No matter which ones you celebrate, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Years, or many others after a loved one has died, they just don’t feel the same.
If it’s the first holiday season since you have been bereaved, or it’s a few more, trying to feel happy and enjoying the seasons as you did in the past, can be an especially difficult task.
The main thing you need to know is that you don’t have to do all you’ve done in the past.
You can decide on a different path. You can curtail your events and celebrations this year and there is nothing wrong with doing that.
Your emotional state is different now and you must be sensitive to that and treat yourself with more care.
So listen in to Episode 210 and please be kind to yourself as we move into this season.
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In Episode 190, I speak about the dangers of illegal fentanyl which can take a loved one’s life with one dose.
The days of experimenting with drugs are over. People who are addicted think they are getting their regular supply but even they don’t know how lethal one dose of cocaine, heroin, meth or other drug can be now.
And young people who are looking for a quick high, perhaps something to deal with their emotional pain, have no idea that this drug is laced in pills, even sometimes an illegal fentanyl pill that is 100% fentanyl.
It takes so little to kill you and your family members. And young people are vulnerable.
They just don’t know what they are getting involved with.
They may be out with friends at a party and someone offers them a laced pill or joint or line of coke.
And the effects are deadly.
There is no recovering from this unless someone has narcan available.
It only takes this minute amount of illegal fentanyl to kill you. Just look at that. Only that little amount!
So I encourage everyone to become aware of this epidemic killing our children and grandchildren.
Learn how to teach your children, grandchildren and other loved ones before it’s too late.
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I realize it’s hard to have these conversations because you’re uncomfortable. And you think it might lead to them using the drugs.
But please understand the if you forgo having these conversations from kindergarten, you run the risk of their looking for relief from dealers on social media, or agree to take it from a friend.
Rainbow Fentanyl that looks like candy attract our youngest.
Be aware! Be educated. Your young ones’ lives are on the line.
There are too many families who are now grieving the loss of their children. Help yourself to not be one of them.
Wishing you much strength! And don’t wait. Have those conversations now!
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In Episode 189, we begin our Death By Fentanyl Podcast Series featuring Stephanie Hellstern whose 16 year-old son, Kyle, died of fentanyl poisoning by the use of just one lethal pill.
She graciously agreed to share her story and has become an advocate in this area so other families do not have to go through the sorrow and pain she had felt from losing her son.
Recently, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law four bills to protect Texans from the danger of fentanyl which has been crossing over the border in enormous quantities. Watch him and the grieving families here and educate yourself and your children to this deadly poison that can kill with ONE dose, ONE pill, laced inside joints and other drugs like cocaine and heroin.
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Thank you Stephanie for sharing your story with us!
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In Episode 188, I speak with Marc Hoover of Batavia, Ohio and host of the “Catch My Killer” podcast, as he shares his father’s life and death with us, his struggle with cigarettes and horrors of his service in the Vietnam War.
Marc has been a great friend of my podcast, helping along the way since we both started our shows in 2019.
His show, Catch My Killer, is available on all platforms and on his personal site also. Visit here to learn more how he helps survivors of homicide victims get the word out about the unsolved murders of family members as well as to find missing persons.
In this episode, we speak about his father, Michael Hoover, who was a committed husband and father who suffered emotionally from the time he served in the Vietnam War and used cigarettes to cope throughout the rest of his life.
Marc tells how his father fought many demons from what happened in the war and shares several incidents there which shaped him and changed him.
Here is a memorable photo of Marc with his father on a beach in the Florida panhandle:
But it was cigarettes which ultimately caused his health to decline.
Watch my conversation with Marc below:
Thank you Marc for joining me!
xoxo
Additional Notes – Some things that will help along this journey to ease the pain:
To release all that is going on inside you, pick up my journal collection – ‘my journal’ – ‘my grief journal’ – ‘my gratitude journal’ – ‘my remembrance journal’. With several different covers, you can mix and match as you prefer. Don’t let all your pain keep floating in your mind. Get it down on paper in these special journals I created just for you as you grieve a loved one’s death or the anticipated death of someone you love.
If you are having an especially difficult time emotionally, I recommend you speak with a specialist at a hotline near you. Here you will find hotlines all around the world. Trained counselors are there to listen, free of charge, to what’s going on with you. Take advantage of their great kindness. Vent with an objective individual. You don’t have to be ‘suicidal’ to call them, but if you are, that’s the best place to call. Don’t hestitate!
For parents and teens, there is an amazing resource where you can email or text counselors for help at The Boys Town National Hotline! Outstanding assistance for your children and you. You can also dial 988 for assistance.
Visit Julie’s EFT episodes on grief and she will teach you the Emotional Freedom Technique. Her videos calm your spirit and help you release emotional and physical pain as you move forward.
You can order your Bach’s Rescue Remedy from most health food stores, either in person or online. Remember, these do have alcohol in them.
I use the Rescue Remedy 20ml drops but they have spray and other versions which might work better for you. And…they also have products to calm pets, too.
*To find a homeopathic doctor, visit here or here. Many offer phone consultations if you cannot find one in your area. They work with patients around the globe. You can also research in your area of the world.
Grab my free ebook, 21 Things You Need to Know About the Grieving Process, right here on my site.
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