My August Book Club recommendation is “Self-Care for Grief” by Nneka M Okona.

With the recognition of my betrayal trauma came the understanding of the grief I felt in it too. So many losses in my ideals, in myself, in what I thought he was and in what we could have been. And the letting go of what we really were and who he really was versus what I thought we were or he was.

I learned about self care and the importance of it in my survival, especially now as a single mom.

This book combines the two and goes into detail about understanding grief and what self-care is. It covers physical self-care, emotional self-care, mental self-care and spiritual self-care.

Grief in society says “You are not supposed to dwell on your grief.” Or “…you’re not supposed to grieve for long.” But as we known now we have to feel and move through it all. It won’t ever go away but we can learn how to manage it, accept it and allow it to become a part of our story of what makes us who we are.

Have you experienced grief over a lost job, break up, a death of a loved one or in betrayal trauma?

What do you do for self-care in your grief?

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