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Attending to Grief Amidst the Holidays

By David McCallum

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Posted: December 22, 2025

Grief often amplifies within our systems during the holiday season. From an Internal Family Systems (IFS) perspective, grief is not a problem to solve—it is made up of many parts that carry love, loss, and longing. The following prompts gently invite you to meet your grieving parts with compassion and curiousity over the holiday season.

Real Life Self Care?

By Fran Westwood

Self Care

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Posted: October 28, 2025

As October winds down, there is less and less natural sunlight in the morning, and the days darken earlier.For many people, less light contributes to less energy in the body. Historically in northern climates, late autumn and winter were seasons of slowing down and conserving energy and warmth in order to survive harsh winters. In our current world we don’t slow down for any season of the year, save a few days or weeks of vacation booked when we can afford the time off.

Climate Change and Mental Health

By Fran Westwood

Climate Anxiety

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Posted: September 4, 2025

Climate anxiety, eco-anxiety and eco-grief are all phrases that help capture distressing emotions that more and more people report experiencing in response to threats to our ecology, particularly the reality of a changing climate.

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