EMOTIONAL & MENTAL HEALTH FOR WIDOWS
For widows, entering a new year can feel overwhelming and sad, as those around you celebrate and look forward to the possibilities of turning the page to the coming year. Someone very important will not be a part of this blank page for you, but your personal resilience can take your grief to growth, and take you from surviving to thriving.
To start off your 2023 strong, let’s continue discussing our January topic, willpower + waypower, terms that are often used to gauge an individual’s personal resilience. Willpower is the level of motivation a person has to keep going in the face of adversity. Waypower is a person’s ability to creatively identify new ways to reach a goal in the face of obstacles.
Many factors can impact willpower and waypower, but let’s touch on a few that specifically relate to widows.
Nature of the Loss. Long-term illness, sudden loss, trauma experienced, violent/crime-related loss, etc.
State of the Relationship. Were you and you…
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