Powerful Tools for Healthy Grieving

Max points: 5 Type: Podcast

Psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Binus interviews grief educator Karen Nicola on practical, whole-person strategies for healthy grieving. Learn actionable “do's” like hydration, sleep, tears, PYSOP (put your stuff on paper), and seeking support while avoiding numbing and addiction. Offers hope-filled guidance to move forward while honoring loss.

Channel: Beautiful Minds Wellness Duration: 0:27:47

Questions

1. Which program's 12 steps did Karen say can also apply helpfully to grieving hearts?

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Alcoholics Anonymous SMART Recovery Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

2. What childhood loss did Dr. Binus recount as his first intense experience of grief?

His family dog ran away His grandmother moved overseas His best friend changed schools His Shetland pony was put down

3. In a self-care assignment Karen gave a client, what was the minimum number of glasses of water to drink daily?

8 10 3 5

4. What book by Karen Nicola did Dr. Daniel Binus recommend to patients?

On Grief and Grieving The Grief Recovery Handbook Comfort for the Day Healing After Loss

5. Which acronym does Karen Nicola use for therapeutic writing during grief?

PYSOP: Put Your Stuff On Paper HEART: Honest Expressive Automatic Reflective Text WRITE: We Reflect In Therapeutic Essays PEN: Process Emotions Naturally

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