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I’m Dr. Ray Calabrese and I host the Journey From Grief to Healing Podcast. If you’re grieving this podcast will help you to discover your core strength. You will discover you are stronger than you’ve imagined. You will tap into this strength and soon find that happiness is again knocking at your door and life is once again worth living. Your best days are ahead of you.
Journey from Grief to Healing
I’m Dr. Ray Calabrese and I host the Journey From Grief to Healing Podcast. The Podcast is available on all major podcasting venues. If you’re grieving, experienced grieving, or know someone who is grieving, this podcast will help. I share my grieving journey as I walked through the darkness and into the sunlight/ I hope it will help you find your way through.
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Thursday Dec 28, 2023
Thursday Dec 28, 2023
In Episode 14 M asks me what I am feeling. She makes the distinction between how I feel and what I feel. It took me a while to process my grieving feelings. I described Babe's death as an emptiness that could never be filled. M helps me to understand why the feeling emptiness accompanies grieving.
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
In Episode 13 I share my second grieving group experience. M wants to talk about what it feels like to have a broken heart. I told M Babe's death shattered my heart into a 1000 pieces.
Monday Dec 25, 2023
Monday Dec 25, 2023
The first Christmas after losing a loved one is tough. It was for me. Babe was a Christmas girl. She loved the season. A wonderful gift she's given me are good memories and how special she made Christmas time. Wishing you all a peace and joy filled Christmas.
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
M wanted me to journal about unanswered prayers. I knew I was angry with God for letting Babe die. I didn't realize how angry I felt. This journal was difficult for me to write. I knew it had to be done. I couldn't continue to stuff my anger.
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
I meet with M for breakfast. M sees I still hold onto my anger. I don't want to talk about it. M doesn't let it go, she asks if I am angry with God. Her question opened a wound. M tries to help me come to grips with my anger with God before it makes my grieving and suffering worse. M gives me some much needed wisdom.
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
This was a tough journal entry. It opened up many raw wounds. I recalled my experiences with doctors and hospital administrators who cared more about financial status than about patients. The real heroes for me were the RN's and CMA's who were overworked and underpaid. My grieving andf suffering were open wounds.
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Journaling continues to be hard but necessary work during my grieving journey. In Episode 9 I release the anger I felt toward the doctors who were treating Babe. I realize that holding onto the anger has one victim and the victim is me.
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
M encouraged me to journal as a way to get in touch with my emotions related to my grieving and accompanying suffering. I didn't realize the depth and breadth of emotions I had been repressing as I grieved. I discovered journal is a big help in working through grief.