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Enduring Grief: The Price We Pay for Love

December 20, 2021 1 comment Grief, Mental Health death, Dr. Leesha Ellis-Cox, drleesha, grief, loss, Mental Health, mental health awareness Dr. Leesha

Grief: A Human Experience To grieve is to endure pain and loss. To grieve is to suffer. To grieve is to have loved. Ultimately, to grieve is to be human. Helen Keller once said, “We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world – the company of those who have known suffering.” We will all experience grief – the children we never birthed, the death of a dream, the life that never materialized, the relationship that ended, the job we lost, or a trauma endured. Grief is much more than the death of a […]

When It’s Not Most Wonderful Time of the Year

November 11, 2021 0 comments Mental Health, Self-Care Anxiety, Christmas, Depression, grief, holiday blues, holidays, Mental Health, mental health awareness, Mental Illness Education, seasonal depression, self-care Dr. Leesha

Come November and we begin to hear Andy Williams song, “It’s most the wonderful time of the year.” Except it isn’t. For so many, the holiday season engenders feelings of loneliness and stress. Less love, holiday parties, and family gatherings and more debt, family drama, and grief and loss. And more focus on who and what is missing and all that is wrong rather than the joy of the holiday season and all that is right. Ever felt this way? If so, it could be the holiday blues. Got a Case of the Holiday Blues? The holiday blues is a […]

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