Balancing Career and Healing: The First Steps After Loss

When you lose your spouse, your whole world changes instantly. Returning to work is inevitable within the first few weeks or months after your loss. When you return, it can feel like stepping into a time warp – that world has not changed, but yours has completely shattered.
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You may believe that “keeping busy” or “finding distraction” through work will help you move forward from your loss. 

And maybe for a while it does help. Deadlines, meetings, and to-do-lists can temporarily fill the void, but there is danger in letting work become a place where you hide from grief.
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Here is advice on how to take those first steps back into work and how balancing your healing with your career can actually make you more successful professionally.

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