TCF Boise Live Video Series | How To Be Thankful While Grieving | November 2020


TCF Boise Live Video Series 

November 2020

Thanksgiving can be a very difficult holiday while you are grieving. How can you be thankful while your heart is broken? Here are our thoughts on how to get through the Day of Thanks while still acknowledging your feelings.
  • Focusing on having balanced outlooks- we can be upset and we can grieve what is missing but we can also find things to be grateful for.
  • Our outlook on life impacts everything. If we only focus on the negative, we cultivate more negativity.
  • When we think of the things we are grateful for we allow positivity to flow.
  • Encourage making a list before the holiday of things you are grateful for so you are not caught off guard if asked by someone.
  • Make a challenge to start a gratitude journal to write something you are grateful for every day all year long.
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