I am amazed at the insensitivity of some people when death and loss occur. Do people think before they speak? I am going to presume people do not know what they do not know.
“WAKEUP Call”…Why Did You Say That?
Helping Someone Else with Their Loss
Wanting to help someone else with their loss and grief is common. Seeing or knowing someone you care about in emotional pain is difficult. Watching the prolonged effects of grief on an individual may magnify the wanting to help. What...
What others might not know about SUICIDE LOSS (part one of three)
Below is some of what others might not know about SUICIDE LOSS and the experiences that someone has when a suicide death happens to a person they care about. Not only care about, but perhaps they have found the deceased...
Children and Thoughts of Suicide Part 2
As discussed in a prior article part 1, children do have thoughts of suicide and DO act upon those thoughts. What do you need to pay attention to? How do children know about suicide? What can YOU do?
What do you...
Children and Thoughts of Suicide
Children and thoughts of suicide is a topic many, including myself, find disturbing. You may ask yourself “Why would a child have thoughts of suicide”? Are there no support systems? Where are the parents?
There is never a shortage of questions....
Grief Support Idea # 3
“A Special Heart”
For some individuals, a heart has special meaning on different levels and therefore is a great way of remembering a loved one. When doing counselling sessions I ask individuals to choose a ceramic heart to hold onto. This heart...Grief Support Idea #2. Making something from the clothing of a loved one
“Sometimes we need something to hold onto.”
It is not uncommon for some individuals to keep specific items of clothing of someone they love after the loved one has died.
This idea of making something from the clothing of a loved one...
How difficult is it?
I know life is difficult. I know life can be full of surprises; some come with hopeful anticipation and others come when we least expect it.
Is life difficult because we have not figured out how to bend when the wind...
Abortion as a Component of Disenfranchised Grief
When looking at the statistics for abortions, or perhaps when trying to figure out how many abortions are performed a year it is very difficult to determine. Depending on where you search even with the internet; there is no true...
Hoarding & Grief
Hoarding is more prominent with the presence of TV shows depicting individuals of all walks of life involved in this. By looking deeper into this situation you will understand how emotional losses go hand in hand with hoarding and how...
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