Healing a Heart’s Loss

Children and Thoughts of Suicide Part 2

May 1, 2024April 2, 2024 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...

Grief and Milestones in Life

April 17, 2024January 8, 2024 by wpadmin

While travelling in Alaska I spoke with a woman who at approximately aged 65 shed tears as she talked about the milestones experienced in her life without the presence of her parents who died when she was aged...

What is the Purpose of Grief?

April 1, 2024January 8, 2024 by wpadmin

While doing an interactive presentation on the topic of “Grief and Spirituality” I was asked what I thought the purpose of grief was. Delving deeper into this question I have a few ideas to share with you.

Saying Good Bye

March 13, 2024January 7, 2024 by wpadmin

Have you ever wondered the special meaning “Good Bye” may have to someone when death is a focus of life? Who is saying “good bye”? How is “good bye” said? How hard is it to say “good bye” or is...

Small Wonders

March 1, 2024December 20, 2023 by wpadmin

Have you ever taken the time to analyze 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...

Abortion as a Component of Disenfranchised Grief

February 16, 2024December 20, 2023 by wpadmin

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...

Disenfranchised Grief…Unspoken

January 30, 2024December 20, 2023 by wpadmin

Disenfranchised grief is a component of grief that is not shared with others for a variety of reasons. An individual may not feel they are worthy of sharing their grief with others. Perhaps society in general does not want to...

Hoarding & Grief Continued

January 15, 2024December 19, 2023 by wpadmin

A previous blog talked about hoarding and grief being related along with the fact hoarding affects more than the hoarder. What do you think is behind the reason why some individuals become hoarders in the first place? Delving further into...

Hoarding & Grief

January 2, 2024December 19, 2023 by wpadmin

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 and, in some cases, trauma go hand in...

“Golden Rules for Living” Creating Memories as you Re-remember

December 20, 2023December 20, 2023 by wpadmin

I was getting ready to relocate my office space and came across the following news article I had saved from many years ago. The article was addressed to “Dear Gram”. Is there anything you can relate to here...

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