How to Protect Your Energy and Heal After Loss

How to Protect Your Energy and Heal After Loss

Vallen discusses the profound impact of loss and motherhood, sharing personal experiences and insights on navigating grief. She emphasizes the importance of emotional health, the power of language and mindset, and practical strategies for managing grief. Vallen encourages listeners to surround themselves with positivity, engage in personal development, and take actionable steps toward healing. The conversation highlights the significance of community support and the need for self-care in the journey of motherhood after loss.

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London is the Reason: Kristin McQuaid’s Story of Loss, Love, and Creating a Legacy through Supporting Intended Parents and Surrogates.

London is the Reason: Kristin McQuaid’s Story of Loss, Love, and Creating a Legacy through Supporting Intended Parents and Surrogates.

Kristin’s story sheds light on the unique challenges intended parents face in surrogacy—often overlooked in the grief community. Her insights reveal the emotional complexities involved in this journey, from the hope and excitement of surrogacy to the sorrow of infant loss. The conversation emphasizes the importance of finding the right support systems to help parents navigate their grief and rebuild their lives.

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Finding Purpose After Loss: My Journey Through Stillbirth and Beyond.

Finding Purpose After Loss: My Journey Through Stillbirth and Beyond.

You may find that helping other people ultimately helps you heal. You may find your baby's death to be a catalyst of change for yourself. That is what I have found. That is what I decided. Vallen talks about her journey after the stillbirth of her daughter, Evelyn.

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Rebuilding Life after Pregnancy Loss: Finding a New Normal.

Rebuilding Life after Pregnancy Loss: Finding a New Normal.

We talk about rebuilding life after pregnancy loss. The beginning of my grief was the hardest because I would wake up to this reality over and over, my baby isn’t here and neither is my pregnancy belly, where is she?! I put my focus on my kids, and spent all my time on the couch, writing.

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Through Pain, To Purpose: The Other Side of Pregnancy Loss

Through Pain, To Purpose: The Other Side of Pregnancy Loss

We hear the stories of the women who lose a baby and how negatively it affects their lives. The questions we should be asking are why some moms are affected more than others and is there “another side” to the grief and pain we experience.

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If We Talk About Our Loss, We Are Looking For Attention…

If We Talk About Our Loss, We Are Looking For Attention…

I’ve seen enough to know that there are parts of society that feel the need to tell loss moms that they are just trying to get attention. Umm… Yes we are looking for attention. But not in the shallow ways you may think.

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