The holiday season is sometimes joyful, sometimes stressful - and to be honest, it’s usually a mix of both. Between external pressures and family dynamics, we figure everyone can use some tips on making it through the season. 

In this episode we cover:
How to bring up your loved one’s absence when no one else will
Making a good enough holiday for your family when you’re not in the holiday spirit
Tips for navigating intrusive personal questions (like “when will you have kids?” or “don’t you think it’s time you moved on?”) 
and learn why consensus is a terrible holiday goal, but collaboration might just be the best thing possible




Questions to Carry with you:

What would a good holiday look like for you? What do you most need in this season? There are no wrong answers to these questions.

Communication skills practice: Tell someone one thing you'd like to do this holiday season that might not be traditional or that might bring up some feelings. 

Find all this, plus instructions for how to submit YOUR questions to be answered on a future show in this episode of Here After with Megan Devine. Tune in, subscribe, leave a review, and share the show with everyone you know. Together, we can make things better, even when they can’t be made right. 




For more information, including clinical training and consulting, visit us at www.Megandevine.co

For grief support & education, follow us at @refugeingrief on IG, FB, & TW

Check out Megan’s best-selling book- It’s Okay That You're Not Okay -at refugeingrief.com/book




To submit your questions by voicemail, call us at (323) 643-3768 or visit megandevine.co

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The holiday season is sometimes joyful, sometimes stressful - and to be honest, it’s usually a mix of both. Between external pressures and family dynamics, we figure everyone can use some tips on making it through the season. In this episode we cover:<ul>
<li>How to bring up your loved one’s absence when no one else will</li>
<li>Making a good enough holiday for your family when you’re not in the holiday spirit</li>
<li>Tips for navigating intrusive personal questions (like “when will you have kids?” or “don’t you think it’s time you moved on?”) </li>
<li>and learn why consensus is a terrible holiday goal, but collaboration might just be the best thing possible</li>
</ul> Questions to Carry with you:What would a good holiday look like for you? What do you most need in this season? There are no wrong answers to these questions.Communication skills practice: Tell someone one thing you'd like to do this holiday season that might not be traditional or that might bring up some feelings. Find all this, plus instructions for how to submit YOUR questions to be answered on a future show in this episode of Here After with Megan Devine. Tune in, subscribe, leave a review, and share the show with everyone you know. Together, we can make things better, even when they can’t be made right.  For more information, including clinical training and consulting, visit us at <a href="http://www.megandevine.co/">www.Megandevine.co</a>For grief support &amp; education, follow us at @refugeingrief on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/refugeingrief/">IG</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/refugeingrief">FB</a>, &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/refugeingrief">TW</a>Check out Megan’s best-selling book- It’s Okay That You're Not Okay -at <a href="refugeingrief.com/book">refugeingrief.com/book</a> To submit your questions by voicemail, call us at (323) 643-3768 or visit <a href="megandevine.co">megandevine.co</a> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

Life is full of difficult things, from tiny everyday disappointments to life-altering events. Everyone’s at least a little bit Not OK, something grief expert and psychotherapist Megan Devine knows from the inside out. In wide ranging, insightful, deep conversations, Megan talks with people about their often invisible losses - and what they’ve learned about being seen and supported in difficult times. 

With guests pulled from the front lines of entertainment, medicine, education, and activism, the conversations in It’s OK that You’re Not OK are funny, complex, emotional, and hopeful - maybe not your typical dinner party topics, but none of us are entirely OK, and it’s time we start talking about that.

New episodes each and every Monday, from the author of the best-selling book, It’s OK That You’re Not OK, and iHeartMedia. Find Megan online at @refugeingrief & follow the show @ItsOKPod

Life is full of difficult things, from tiny everyday disappointments to life-altering events. Everyone’s at least a little bit Not OK, something grief expert and psychotherapist Megan Devine knows from the inside out. In wide ranging, insightful, deep conversations, Megan talks with people about their often invisible losses - and what they’ve learned about being seen and supported in difficult times. 
With guests pulled from the front lines of entertainment, medicine, education, and activism, the conversations in It’s OK that You’re Not OK are funny, complex, emotional, and hopeful - maybe not your typical dinner party topics, but none of us are entirely OK, and it’s time we start talking about that.
New episodes each and every Monday, from the author of the best-selling book, It’s OK That You’re Not OK, and iHeartMedia. Find Megan online at @refugeingrief &amp; follow the show @ItsOKPod

It’s OK That You’re Not OK with Megan Devine

Your Holiday Survival Guide: Family Dynamics Edition

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