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Life After Child LossCreating Your Own Peace: Why Closure Isn't the Key to Moving OnIn this episode, host Liene talks about closure and the misconceptions surrounding it. She explores why we believe we need closure to move on and why that's not necessarily true. Liene discusses the importance of understanding that closure doesn't always bring peace and that it's okay not to have all the answers. She offers guidance on how to create your own peace by choosing to be okay with not knowing, and how to move forward with your life while still honoring your grief. Ultimately, she reminds listeners that grief is a part of life and that it's okay to...2023-04-1108 min
Life After Child LossHow to Reach a Place Where Grief is Not Dominant in Your Life AnymoreIn this podcast episode, Liene addresses the question of how grieving can eventually stop. She explains that while grief never completely goes away, it eventually becomes less dominant in our lives. In the early stages of grief, our brains have to update our mental maps to match our new reality, which takes time and experiences. Liene also shares her personal experience, saying that while she still experiences grief waves, she almost misses the early grief and encourages listeners to pay attention to and experience their own grief journey....If you want to learn m...2023-03-2109 min
Life After Child LossFinding the Words... with Colin CampbellJoin me this week as I speak with Colin, a remarkable individual who has shown incredible resilience in the face of unimaginable loss. Despite the heart-wrenching experience of losing his two teenage children, Colin remains unwavering in his belief that there is still a life worth living after such tragedy. As he shares his story, you'll discover that this life is different from the one you might have envisioned, but it is no less meaningful. With acceptance comes the growth of a bigger heart and strength that is born of the deepest sorrow. Don't miss...2023-03-1446 min
Life After Child LossThe Power of Your Thoughts: How Your Self-Perception Shapes Your RealityWhat do you think about yourself? Do you think of yourself as being capable and strong? Do you think of yourself as capable of creating the life you want? Or do you think of yourself as something less? Where are you limiting how you experience yourself based on the thoughts in your mind? What if you change them? You are not your thoughts. If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website, coachliene.com.Want to be the first to know about what I'm...2023-03-0709 min
Life After Child LossGiving Yourself A BreakBecoming the boss of your mind is magical. Learning to feel your emotions is life-changing. But there are days when you need to pause and meet yourself where you are with all the love, self-compassion, and zero judgment. If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website, coachliene.com.Want to be the first to know about what I'm up to? Please sign up for my emails at liene@coachliene.com. I'm always happy to hear from you! 2023-03-0207 min
Life After Child LossLow GI ThoughtsIn the same way, as we fuel our bodies with food, we fuel our lives with the thoughts we are thinking. A glucose monitor helps to see how certain foods affect you. How do we create similar awareness about how our thoughts impact us? If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website, coachliene.com.Want to be the first to know about what I'm up to? Please sign up for my emails at liene@coachliene.com. I'm always hap...2023-02-1408 min
Life After Child LossWhatever You Think You Did To Cause The Death Of Your Child, You Did Not DoLooking back at the death of our child, we often feel guilt and regret. We think we could have done better.We could have done something else. Blaming ourselves seems the right thing to do. But how is punishing you for what you seemingly did, is helping anyone? Letting go of the guilt might seem scary, but accepting "what is" is freeing, and focusing on the future you is the most loving and impactful thing you can do today. If you want to learn more about me and w...2023-02-0710 min
Life After Child LossLosing Your IdentityExperience of loss comes with the loss of our identity or the sense of who we are. But the place never stays empty for long. So you replace it with a new identity. Does this new identity is something you want?I'll give you three steps to create the identity you want.If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website, coachliene.com.Want to be the first to know about what I'm up to? Please sign up for my emails at li...2023-01-3109 min
Life After Child LossRetraumatization or Why Do I Get Triggered with no or Little Reason?Today I want to talk about retraumatization. I'll talk about what it is and how to deal with it. We can't necessarily control when and if we will experience retraumatization events, but if we learn to recognize what is happening, we'll have an easier time processing it and not becoming overconsumed by it. If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website, coachliene.com.Want to be the first to know about what I'm up to? Please sign up for my emails at liene@coa...2023-01-2410 min
Life After Child LossFirst 3 Steps To ThrivingIn my last episode, I said:- it's time to thrive this year and - grief and thriving are not mutually exclusive. I stand by what I said, and today I'll show you how to take your first three steps towards thriving. If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website, coachliene.com.Want to be the first to know about what I'm up to? Please sign up for my emails at liene@coachliene.com. I'm always happy to hear from you! 2023-01-1708 min
Life After Child LossTwo Brothers, Not OneWe can't control what this year will bring us, but we can control the reality we create without thinking. Today I want to share with you a story my son told. I love how unique and adaptable children are. So much to learn from them. If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website, coachliene.com.Want to be the first to know about what I'm up to? Please sign up for my emails at liene@coachliene.com. I'm always happy to hear from yo...2023-01-1107 min
Life After Child LossLife After The Loss ... with EriksThis week I'm talking to my husband, Eriks. Talking about losing our son is not easy, but talking helps. Talking helps to process emotions. If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website, coachliene.com.Want to be the first to know about what I'm up to? Please sign up for my emails at liene@coachliene.com. I'm always happy to hear from you! 2022-12-2141 min
Life After Child LossWanting More From Your LifeIs it ok to want more from your life, or should you settle with what you have now and count your blessings? Wanting more doesn't mean you didn't love your child. Wanting more doesn't mean you don't love the things you currently have.Wanting more is about believing in yourself, your worth and your potential. If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website, coachliene.com.Want to be the first to know about what I'm up to? Please sig...2022-12-1308 min
Life After Child LossHandling Other PeopleHolidays bring up a lot of emotion. We do feel more fragile and more vulnerable. We feel more of everything. Everything is heightened, and we have to deal not only with ourselves but also with other people. I’ve talked in previous episodes about how to manage yourself – how to lean into you to create the experience you want, and how to disrupt your patterns by asking you powerful questions, so this week I want to talk about other people – how to handle them.Ep"47 - Better Holidays After LossEp: 49 - T...2022-12-0609 min
Life After Child LossThe Right Questions For Better LifeYou know what you want, but keep doing the same as always. Sounds familiar? What keeps happening is - we slide back into autopilot and disconnect from ourselves and the things we truly want. How to disrupt the autopilot?Asking yourself powerful questions will wake you up from autopilot and make conscious what was unconscious before so that you can choose from your power.Here are five questions from Debbie Ford that might help you:- Will this choice propel me forward, or will it keep me stuck in the past? ...2022-11-2210 min
Life After Child LossWhen Your Next Child Reaches The Age...My oldest living son turned 7 - the age at which my son died. So naturally, reaching this milestone brought up a lot of worries and anxiety. Listen to the episode to find out how to live with it. If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website, coachliene.com.Want to be the first to know about what I'm up to? Please sign up for my emails at liene@coachliene.com. I'm always happy to hear from you! 2022-11-1507 min
Life After Child LossBetter Holidays After LossAs we are approaching another holiday season, I wanted to share my thoughts on handling holidays better. Listen to the episode and find out the two most important questions to ask yourself to decide how to handle the holidays. If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website, coachliene.com.Want to be the first to know about what I'm up to? Please sign up for my emails at liene@coachliene.com. I'm always happy to hear from you! 2022-11-0807 min
Life After Child LossHow Does It Feel, When You Allow It To Feel?Last week I talked about not wanting to feel it anymore, and I introduced two things you can do to help with your feelings - meditation and journaling. Today I'm sharing what I have learned from this practice. If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website, coachliene.com.Want to be the first to know about what I'm up to? Please sign up for my emails at liene@coachliene.com. I'm always happy to hear from you! 2022-11-0109 min
Life After Child LossWhen I Don't Want to Feel It AnymoreHow often do you find yourself thinking - I just can't feel it anymore. It being, pain, sadness, stress. Unfortunately, there is no shortcut to escaping your feelings, but there is a way to deal with them in a way you don't feel powerless. Listen to the episode and join me one week in doing two steps to learn to handle your emotions better. ...Please say hello to me on Instagram @lifeafterachildloss and find more info about me and what I do on coachliene.com.If you want to le...2022-10-2209 min
Life After Child LossShould I Try To Get Better?If you ever wonder what's the point of getting better, listen to this episode where I talk about what's involved in getting better and the price of choosing to do the opposite. If you want to learn more about me and what I do, check out my website, coachliene.com.Want to be the first to know about what I'm up to? Please sign up for my emails at liene@coachliene.com. I'm always happy to hear from you! 2022-10-1807 min
Life After Child LossSecret To ChangeThere are always things we want to change in our lives. Right after the loss, we want to feel better. We want to enjoy things again, and we have difficulty believing it's possible. Change is possible, but it doesn't happen overnight when changing our beliefs and thought patterns. Instead, it's a gradual four-phase process that starts with a simple belief that it's possible. ...Please come, say hello to me on Instagram @lifeafterachildloss and find more info about me and what I do on coachliene.com.If you want to learn mor...2022-10-1111 min
Life After Child LossLife After ... with AnnikaThis week I'm talking to Annika. Annika is no stranger to loss. She has lived through every form of pregnancy loss and also lost one of her twin boys at birth. Join in on our conversation on loss, joy and strength. You might not know the outcome, but you always have the choice of how you react to the events happening in your life. Always. ...Please come, say hello to me on Instagram @lifeafterachildloss and find more info about me and what I do on coachliene.com.If you want to learn mor...2022-10-0444 min
Life After Child LossWhat Helps To Keep GoingSo many of you are in pain and want help with your pain. I want to help with what you're going through in any way I can. Today, I'm sharing some pieces that I think can help you keep going and will give you some thoughts to consider as you go through your days. I'm here and want to help you in any way I can. ...Please come, say hello to me on Instagram @lifeafterachildloss and find more info about me on coachliene.com. If you want to learn...2022-09-1409 min
Life After Child LossInner critic. Why It's Important To Deal With It After Child Loss?Why is it important to talk about the inner critic? First, having a strong inner critic makes your grief experience even harder by constantly having to question whether you are doing it right. Second, constant questioning leaves no space for the grieving because of being on a continuous self-improvement hamster wheel. Listen to the episode to discover three steps to handle your inner critic. ...Please come, say hello to me on Instagram @lifeafterachildloss and find more info about me on coachliene.com. If you want to learn more about me and...2022-08-3112 min
Life After Child LossHow To Get Through The Start Of The School Year Without "Shoulding" YourselfEvery year there are certain calendar events. Some of these calendar and life events make us miss our children even more than usual. This is the time of the start of the new school year, and it triggers so many of us. It's important to acknowledge that we have these feelings, recognize them and not feel guilty about them. Instead of "shoulding" yourself to be someone you are not capable of being, learn about four things that will help you get through this time and similar events in a way that supports your grie...2022-08-2312 min
Life After Child LossHaving A Bad Day?I had a bad day and almost decided to skip recording my podcast this week. But after giving it some thought, I decided that instead of feeling bad about my bad day, I'm going to share with you - what it means to have a bad day and how to handle them. Sometimes choosing the momentary discomfort leads to getting over a bad day faster if it's done thoughtfully, leaning into the things you know about yourself and what makes you feel better. ...Please come, say hello to me on Instagram @lifeafterachildloss and...2022-08-1609 min
Life After Child LossWhy Do Some Parents Recover After Child Loss and Some Don't?Why do some parents recover after losing their child and some don't? It's not because some parents are special.It's not because they didn't love their children. It all comes down to how you think about your life after the loss. Surprisingly, positive thinking is not helpful in recovery. Quite the contrary, it might get in the way. "Supersurvivors"https://www.bookdepository.com/Supersurvivors-David-B-Feldman/9780062267863...Please come, say hello to me on Instagram @lifeafterachildloss and find more info about me on coachliene.com. If you want...2022-08-0908 min