I’m taking a lot of deep controlled breathes with my eyes closed. I don’t know Dr. Ahmad but I’m grateful for her thread below.
Kimberly Staniec Riel
September 20 at 7:17 PM ·
I thought this thread was so good, I’m sharing it as screenshots instead of threadroll.
Trust the magic, take a breath and pause. ❤️
Link to the thread on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profaishaahmad/status/1307697965260328961?s=21
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It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn't heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore's stick house. Inside the house was Eeyore.
"Hello Eeyore," said Pooh.
"Hello Pooh. Hello Piglet," said Eeyore, in a Glum Sounding Voice.
"We just thought we'd check in on you," said Piglet, "because we hadn't heard from you, and so we wanted to know if you were okay."
Eeyore was silent for a moment. "Am I okay?" he asked, eventually. "Well, I don't know, to be honest. Are any of us really okay? That's what I ask myself. All I can tell you, Pooh and Piglet, is that right now I feel really rather Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. Which is why I haven't bothered you. Because you wouldn't want to waste your time hanging out with someone who is Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All, would you now."
Pooh looked at Piglet, and Piglet looked at Pooh, and they both sat down, one on either side of Eeyore in his stick house.
Eeyore looked at them in surprise. "What are you doing?"
"We're sitting here with you," said Pooh, "because we are your friends. And true friends don't care if someone is feeling Sad, or Alone, or Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. True friends are there for you anyway. And so here we are."
"Oh," said Eeyore. "Oh."
And the three of them sat there in silence, and while Pooh and Piglet said nothing at all; somehow, almost imperceptibly, Eeyore started to feel a very tiny little bit better.
Because Pooh and Piglet were There.
No more; no less.
(Characters by A.A. Milne, E.H. Shepard, story by Kathryn Wallace for her blog, "I Know, I Need to Stop Talking.")💕
It’s almost here! I’m so excited to share this with everyone 💕
Orange County Children's Book Festival
September 1 at 6:40 AM ·
We are honored to have Melissa Fisher Goldman, LCSW joining us for our Grief Panel, "Good Grief: Helping Kids Cope with Sadness & Loss During the COVID Crisis". Melissa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in grief and loss. This panel is sure to be insightful and we hope you will join us. Learn more about Melissa at http://www.melissafishergoldman.com/ Melissa Fisher Goldman, LCSW Therapy @melissafishergoldmanLCSW #occhildrensbookfestival #readyreadgo #childrensbooks #familyfun #covidgrief #copingwithgrief
Don't forget to register today to experience the Virtual Orange County Children's Book Festival. www.kidsbookfestival.com
Who has two thumbs and is on a panel about Grief and COVID at this event? This girl!! 👍👍 (more info in comments)
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Orange County Children's Book Festival going virtual for 2020
I'm so grateful to my clients and colleagues
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Melissa Fisher Goldman, LCSW Therapy is Highly Recommended by locals!
If you are having worried or anxious thoughts maybe this can help. Especially those parents getting ready for the new school year. Please share with anyone who needs it 💕
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It Is Still Not Time To Panic - Part 2
Please watch until the end. A little smile and hope for our grief today 💕
Dilys Thompson
June 8 at 5:09 AM ·
Goosebumps 🥰 Sit down & watch all the way through x
This mama is raising with love and best intentions. That’s how we have the best chance at success as parents. There is no handbook for parenting. I also highly recommend the book Untamed by Glennon Doyle she quotes. I’m halfway through and I’ve been quoting it all over town. I want my kids to like what they like and be whoever and whatever they want to be in this world. Untamed by assigning gender to colors, jobs, clothes, toys, etc. Imagine if we lived in a world where we lived every act and breathe with kindness and celebrated differences. Oh how that could help mental health. Oh how I want to live in that world. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎💗☮️
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Why I Let My Son Get The Sparkly Shoes From Walmart
It was an honor to contribute (Pgs. 18-20) to this beautiful magazine. Pinkies Up For Wellness is a Not for Profit that bridges eastern and western healings while it promotes positivity, wellness and breast cancer awareness. Now that’s worth sharing 💕
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Pinkies Up for Wellness Issue 1: Mental Wellness
The power of music 💕
Mehran Zand
November 8 at 1:33 PM ·
Marta González, former Prima Ballerina with Alzheimers listens to Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky and remembers and feels the choreography again - simply beautiful.
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Música Para Despertar
NAGC National Alliance for Grieving Children
November 9 at 7:16 AM ·
Week 2 of Children's Grief Awareness Month and we are launching our second resource guide: "Talking to a child or teen to let them know someone has died." This guide was created to be a support to the caregiver as they prepare for this conversation.
You can access this free resource here:
https://childrengrieve.org/2-uncategorised/grieftalk-resource-guides
#grieftalk #childrengrieve
Today is my sweet courageous cousin’s birthday. She would have been 22 today and I’m guessing way too cool to hang with me as she was cooler than me at age ten! She has been gone more years than she lived which feels unfair. However I’m so grateful for the time we had and what I learned from her. Her illness, watching her in the last hour of her life, having the honor of explaining she had died to her little brother and then living with him and his family in the months to follow being up close and personal with their grief story then and now. It all made me a better grief counselor and shaped how I help people today. I will be eternally grateful and love and miss her all my days.
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#griefandloss #griefsucks #griefsupport #griefjourney #griefcounseling #grieftherapy #youarenotalone #askforhelp #talkaboutdeath #deathanddying #braintumorawareness #forever10 #imhonoredtohelpyou #mygriefstory
My most recent blog post for @ocmomcollective Stop Shaming 2020. Link in bio and below. We can change our mindset to make for a more peaceful and hopeful 2021.
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#hopeforthefuture #mindset #bye2020 #hello2021 #covid_19 #helpingpeoplecope https://orangecounty.momcollective.com/health-wellness/no-more-2020-shaming-and-blaming/?fbclid=IwAR3M_i1KPw7THwPod4UPZLyV8LkBuraWxqTT9p3no5l5H55g31rQKvozDBA
My latest blog post is up. It’s not 2020’s fault. Let’s have a more peaceful and hopeful mindset in 2021!
No More 2020 Shaming And Blaming
May we all feel hope through our grief.
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#hope #hopeforthefuture #covidmemorial #washingtonmemorial #anewday #acountrygrieves #acountryunited #hopeforthecountry #grief #griefsupport #strongertogether #covidvacccine #askforhelp #
I love love love so many of the posts by @griefandgrits. This one is so incredibly powerful. Especially as so many new lives are lost daily right now and there is so much collective grief. Let’s honor each other and honor our own emotions.
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#endthestigma #shareyourgrief #askforhelp #emotionsmatter #bekind #offersupport #getuncomfortable #healingjourney #grief #griefawareness #grieftherapist #grieftherapy