I'm a therapist who lost my husband at 26 — here's how I learned to show up at work on my hardest days Amy Morin is a psychotherapist, podcast host, and author. Courtesy of Amy Morin Amy Morin is a psychotherapist who became a widow at 26 years old. Using strategies to manage her grief, like the 10-minute rule, she overcame initial daily challenges. She shares three tips she used to manage her grief when she had to return to work. I became a widow at 26. My husband died of a heart attack on the three-year anniversary of the day I lost my mom to a brain aneurysm. Showing up at work in the midst of my grief was one of the most difficult things I've ever done. I was a psychotherapist. I knew about grief . But knowing about grief didn't make working through it any easier. I only had two days of official bereavement time, but my physician diagnosed me with acute stress disorder (the precursor to PTSD). That allowed me to tap into short-term disability benefits for almost two months.…