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    <title>Casting Light by The LightHouse Arabia - Episodes Tagged with “Covid 19”</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Exploring the process of grief and bereavement, and practical ways to move through it - specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic. </itunes:subtitle>
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for Wellbeing discusses grief and bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic with&lt;br&gt;
Aisling Prendergast, psychologist and emotional support groups lead at The LightHouse&lt;br&gt;
Arabia. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The conversation addresses what the process of grief and bereavement entails. The&lt;br&gt;
different tasks of this process are explained, along with practical ways to move through -&lt;br&gt;
specifically given the present challenges of travelling, and social restrictions. Aisling&lt;br&gt;
then shares about the support group services offered at The LightHouse Arabia through&lt;br&gt;
our Raymee Grief Center – in the form of free-of-cost individual grief sessions and grief&lt;br&gt;
support groups offered. Special Guest: Aisling Prendergast, MSc .&lt;/p&gt;
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for Wellbeing discusses grief and bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic with<br>
Aisling Prendergast, psychologist and emotional support groups lead at The LightHouse<br>
Arabia. </p>

<p>The conversation addresses what the process of grief and bereavement entails. The<br>
different tasks of this process are explained, along with practical ways to move through -<br>
specifically given the present challenges of travelling, and social restrictions. Aisling<br>
then shares about the support group services offered at The LightHouse Arabia through<br>
our Raymee Grief Center – in the form of free-of-cost individual grief sessions and grief<br>
support groups offered.</p><p>Special Guest: Aisling Prendergast, MSc .</p>]]>
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for Wellbeing discusses grief and bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic with<br>
Aisling Prendergast, psychologist and emotional support groups lead at The LightHouse<br>
Arabia. </p>

<p>The conversation addresses what the process of grief and bereavement entails. The<br>
different tasks of this process are explained, along with practical ways to move through -<br>
specifically given the present challenges of travelling, and social restrictions. Aisling<br>
then shares about the support group services offered at The LightHouse Arabia through<br>
our Raymee Grief Center – in the form of free-of-cost individual grief sessions and grief<br>
support groups offered.</p><p>Special Guest: Aisling Prendergast, MSc .</p>]]>
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