Hey Faithers! Welcome Back! Happy Monday! We got a special episode today!
We have not done this since March! But we brought back Grief Beyond Death! Grief Beyond Death is a segment where we bring people from the community, and they come and tell their grief story and how they handled it, along with receiving their flowers and discussing subjects near and dear to their hearts. As you all know, we do not just believe that grief only deals with death but that grief is any loss you have experienced that has affected your life.
Welcome to Episode 46! We are in our Grief, Healing & Holidays series! This is Episode 46, where we have a special guest, Wendy DuCasse, a social worker. Wendy and her husband learned that they may not be able to have children the "traditional way." After she and her husband grieved the "traditional ways" they thought they would have, they went on a healing journey and started the adoption journey. Wendy walks us through the adoption journey and what it looked like for her route. She brought much-needed attention and advocacy to Adoption and the steps we must take to help people on the adoption journey.
We picked cards from Dream Cards:
Wendy: "Don't try to control things, it will take you further away from your inner wisdom. Calm down and listen to your heart. Your subconscious is always working towards your best interests.
LeLe: "Let your dreams shift and shape, just like your life shifts and shapes every day. Ask yourself every morning: "Am I shaping my life the way it to be?"
Takeaways:
November is National Adoption Month.
There is grief in adoption, such as a family realizing they may not be able to have kids the "traditional way" and/or a family making the decision to put a child up for adoption.
There is also grief in going through the process and believing you found a match, but something happens, and the match does not happen.
There needs to be more education & advocacy on adoption. Affirmation: "I can change the life I don't like."
Housekeeping:
1.) ) HealingSheGotFaith Talk Show releases every Monday at 3:00 PM CST.
2.) Blog Wednesdays are every Wednesday at 3:00 PM CST at HealingSheGotFaith.com/blog
3.) You can now book everything through the HealingSheGotFaith website. You can book coworking spaces, grief groups, retreats, and even book to be a guest on the podcast!
4.) We still have an Amazon Registry Link and are still accepting donations: https://www.amazon.com/registries/custom/89L34YSL06V2/guest-view
5.) We have a new grief Group Starting on November 16th: Grief, Healing, and Holidays! Only $10! This will be a 6-week grief group to help support grievers during this holiday season. Go to HealingSheGotFaith.com/programs and scroll down and click "Book-Holidays."
**Please remember that the information provided is not a substitute for services provided by a mental health professional. In an emergency, please call 911. You can also call 988 for mental health support and resources. In a non-emergency, you can go to healingshegotfaith.org/resources for additional resources.**
