Have you been feeling sluggish, more tired than usual, less ambitious, and maybe even sad or depressed?
There's actually a physiological reason.
Fall – at least the pleasant part of it – is coming to an end. Depending on where you live, you may have warm days left, but here in the upper Midwest, last week was probably the last of the temperatures above 60 degrees. We're already into freezing temperatures and snow.
If you're experiencing the same end-of-fall funk as I am, it can be helpful to know why it happens and what you can do to deal with it.
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Grief, I think, is the most difficult circumstance of life to navigate.
It is a journey on which you are entirely alone. No one else feels exactly the way you do, so you don’t feel like there is anyone who truly understands, anyone you can really talk to about it.
Each relationship is unique, so each grief is unique, and that quote, “Where there is deep grief, there was great love” ... it’s true. Please remember that you are entitled to your grief, no matter what anyone else feels.
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