5 Tips for Managing Stress Around Thanksgiving
Navigating Milestones & Anniversaries Dawn Geoppinger Navigating Milestones & Anniversaries Dawn Geoppinger

5 Tips for Managing Stress Around Thanksgiving

For anyone facing the holidays while carrying grief, overwhelm, or the weight of family expectations, Thanksgiving can feel especially tender. This post shares five somatic, trauma-informed tips to help regulate your nervous system, set compassionate boundaries, and prepare for emotional triggers. It’s an invitation to honor your pace and choose what feels nourishing this season.

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How to Navigate Grief During the Holidays: A Gentle Guide for Tender Hearts
Navigating Milestones & Anniversaries Dawn Geoppinger Navigating Milestones & Anniversaries Dawn Geoppinger

How to Navigate Grief During the Holidays: A Gentle Guide for Tender Hearts

Grief often intensifies during the holidays, especially when you’re facing the first Christmas without a loved one or moving through a tender season of change. This guide explores trauma-informed, body-based ways to honor your grief and stay grounded. You’ll also discover how online grief coaching and support circles can help you feel held through the months ahead.

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Finding Steadiness Through Gratitude
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Finding Steadiness Through Gratitude

Discover how gratitude can support mental health, calm the nervous system, and bring steadiness during seasons of loss or change. This gentle guide explores the science and soul of gratitude—offering somatic, trauma-informed ways to reconnect with your body, your breath, and your sense of peace.

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🌿 Finding Ease in the Messy Middle: The Link Between Perfectionism, Anxiety, and Grief
Inner Work Dawn Geoppinger Inner Work Dawn Geoppinger

🌿 Finding Ease in the Messy Middle: The Link Between Perfectionism, Anxiety, and Grief

Perfectionism and anxiety often show up after loss, convincing us that if we “just hold it together,” we’ll feel safe again. But grief asks something different — softness, presence, and permission to be human. This post explores how coaching and somatic grief support can help you loosen perfectionism’s grip and begin to heal with compassion.

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