bereavement – Healing a Hearts Loss

Words Make It Real For You and Me

March 19, 2026December 29, 2025 by wpadmin

Hearing the words you or someone you know is dying makes death more “real” for some people. Does this mean denial or fear is in the picture? Does this mean someone is not ready to deal with the reality as it...

Why didn’t I see the signs?

March 2, 2026December 29, 2025 by wpadmin

Often, I counsel individuals who have experienced the suicide death of someone they cared deeply about. One of the most common questions I hear is “Why didn’t I see the signs”? What if that individual made certain you did...

Grief and Traumas Show on Your Face

February 20, 2026December 29, 2025 by wpadmin

Over the years of counselling many individuals, I have noticed how people physically hold the stress from loss and traumas in their body; including their face. I have always said grief is mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. I cannot see...

Grief Perceived as Anger

January 24, 2026December 10, 2025 by wpadmin

Anger is often described as a stage of grief after a loss and in some cases this is true. Often the perceived anger associated with one loss may be compounded by unexpected additional stresses. The individual may feel changes in...

When Death and Loss Are Too Close

December 27, 2025November 30, 2025 by wpadmin

When death and loss are closer than you are prepared to deal with, what happens to you? How do you process this information? Does fear and panic take over and if so, for how long? Does the flight, fight or...

Children and Suicide

November 5, 2025November 30, 2025 by wpadmin

Children and suicide are a fact more so now than ever before. As a grief counsellor, I have parents who come for counselling, but most often it is the moms. A child can be any age. For this article I...

Last Love Letter

October 22, 2025November 30, 2025 by wpadmin

Have you ever given a thought to your last love letter? I do not mean “love letter” in the Valentine’s sense. I mean an after you die letter that is left to your loved ones, family and friends; a letter...

Rainbow Baby

October 7, 2025November 30, 2025 by wpadmin

I heard the term “Rainbow Baby” during a conversation and wondered what it was about. Having worked with child loss in a few areas such as educational courses, extra training with the “Pregnancy and Infant Loss” network (PAIL), Project Rachel...

Small Wonders in Tough Times

September 24, 2025August 26, 2025 by wpadmin

Have you ever taken the time to analyse the events in your life and then wonder how you made it through the tough times? Sometimes, the tough times include grief and loss. There are inevitably, small wonders in the tough...

Relationship Loss of an Intimate Partner

September 10, 2025August 25, 2025 by wpadmin

The topic of relationship loss is sometimes difficult to talk about. For one, you need to find that special person to talk with who will listen to you. Are you ready to have that conversation? What are you afraid of when...

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Words Make It Real For You and Me

Why didn’t I see the signs?

Grief and Traumas Show on Your Face

Grief Perceived as Anger

Children and Suicide

Last Love Letter

Rainbow Baby

Small Wonders in Tough Times

Relationship Loss of an Intimate Partner

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