despair – Healing a Hearts Loss

BEREAVED SPOUSES or PARTNERS of any age, with or without children at home

April 15, 2023November 11, 2022 by wpadmin

Are you a widow (female) or a widower (male)? The loss experience may be similar but different for each role. After the loss of a partner, life is forever changed. The first year may be full of new and difficult...

“WAKEUP Call”…Why Did You Say That?

November 19, 2022October 29, 2022 by wpadmin

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.

Helping Someone Else with Their Loss

July 25, 2022July 4, 2022 by wpadmin

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)

August 31, 2019September 10, 2019 by wpadmin

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

June 9, 2015 by wpadmin

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

June 1, 2015 by wpadmin

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

February 1, 2015 by wpadmin

“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...

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BEREAVED SPOUSES or PARTNERS of any age, with or without children at home

“WAKEUP Call”…Why Did You Say That?

Helping Someone Else with Their Loss

What others might not know about SUICIDE LOSS (part one of three)

Children and Thoughts of Suicide Part 2

Children and Thoughts of Suicide

Grief Support Idea # 3

“A Special Heart”

Grief Support Idea #2. Making something from the clothing of a loved one

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Abortion as a Component of Disenfranchised Grief

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