Doris Jeanette

Holistic Psychologist, Dr. Doris Jeanette is the author of “Opening the Heart,” an emotional healing guide used and highly praised by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, MD. She is a licensed psychologist with 33 years of experience healing broken hearts, director of the Center for the New Psychology, founder of www.drjeanette.com radio host of Live at the Edge at www.newvoices.com and her popular, free weekly newsletter “The Vibrant Moment” has inspired thousands for six years. Dr. Jeanette directs The Holistic Psychology Mentoring Program for people interested in learning about emotions, energy and effectiveness. (http://www.drjeanette.com/mentorprogram.html) Doris Jeanette, Psy.D. Center for New Psychology 503 S. 21 St Philadelphia, PA 19146 http://www.drjeanette.com Speaker, columnist, radio host and author of Opening the Heart, Overcoming Anxiety Naturally and 13 other self help products. Dr. Jeanette appeared on the radio show “Healing the Grieving Heart” discussing “How to Open Your Heart After Hurt.” To hear Dr. Jeanette being interviewed on this show by Dr. Gloria & Dr. Heidi Horsley, click on the following link; www.voiceamericapd.com/health/010157/horsley062206.mp3

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Seven Ways to Survive the Holidays During Bereavement

If you have recently lost a loved one, you may think your holidays are going to be painful, difficult and unbearable. However, facing the holidays alone for the first time does not have to depressing. When you get depressed, you are not allowing yourself to fully grieve and feel your emotions. If you look underneath the surface and seek meaning in your grief experience, you create rich, deep and meaningful holidays for yourself. Take each day as it comes. One step at a time. Learning how to stay with yourself in bereavement will lead to better mental and emotional health […]

How to Avoid Depression During Grief

I didn’t care if I went swimming or not, even though swimming is my favorite activity. I didn’t care what I ate, even though looking forward to delicious food and yummy tastes used to be a daily pleasure. It seemed like nothing mattered anymore. It is easy to get stuck in depression during the grieving process. Instead of moving forward toward the light at the end of the tunnel, you could drop down into depression and not even know you are depressed. If you don’t have a bereavement support group or grief counselor giving you feedback about your mental health […]

Be True to Yourself During the Holidays

The loss of a loved one around the holidays is especially hard and difficult. Louis LaGrand, one of the world’s leading grief counselors and author of “Love Lives On: Learning from the Extraordinary Encounters of the Bereaved,” offers some specific suggestions to help you cope during the grief process. 1. Expect sadness, and give yourself permission to cry when you feel like it. 2. Do what is comfortable for you and do not please others. 3. Be clear with your family and friends about what you can and cannot do. 4. Honor the deceased in some way. Light a candle, […]

Elizabeth Edwards’ Death Can Help You Feel and Heal

Public figures such as Elizabeth Edwards and Princess Diana can help the rest of us feel our emotions and feelings. I noticed when John Lennon died on the streets of NYC that my clients were deeply affected by his death. That is when I began to use the dramatic events in public figures’ lives as a way to help my clients feel their own emotions and feelings. Try it yourself. Pay attention to how you are affected by Elizabeth Edwards’ death. No matter what you feel, allow yourself to fully experience it. Always remember, with feelings and emotions, there is […]

Say Goodbye to Guilt

By Doris Jeanette, Psy.D. — Family members frequently feel guilt when someone dies. Mothers feel especially responsible for their children. No matter what the rational reason for the death, they feel as if it is their fault. And children can sometimes carry guilt into their adult years, thinking they had something to do with the death of a loved one. Guilt is one of the worst experiences known to humans. It ties you up in knots and makes you feel unworthy and miserable. Guilt is the result of thinking that you have done something wrong. The reason you think that […]

Trust That Hope is Inside

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