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You Cannot Unsee or Unhear

You Cannot Unsee or Unhear

April 13, 2026January 25, 2026 by wpadmin
After recently having a polite conversation with a police officer the thought occurred to me that people in service to others experience a lot of traumas.  There are things that cannot be unseen or unheard. From a grief perspective, or for...
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Grief and Traumas Show on Your Face

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...
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Children and Suicide

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...
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Helping Children Express Grief

Helping Children Express Grief

May 18, 2025April 10, 2025 by wpadmin
I was reading an article about children, grief and trauma. Specifically, referring to how a trauma may cause children to have difficulty with speech. I want to share a few ideas that may help. As adults, sometimes we are not the...
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“FIGHT OR FLIGHT” response to stress and loss

“FIGHT OR FLIGHT” response to stress and loss

January 28, 2025January 24, 2025 by wpadmin
Sometimes excessive stress, trauma and loss cause an individual to go into fight or flight mode where threats to survival or the “enemy” are seen or perceived to be everywhere, in everyone and everything. Going to this type of thinking or...
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FIGHT OR FLIGHT” response to stress and loss

FIGHT OR FLIGHT” response to stress and loss

November 5, 2024November 21, 2024 by wpadmin
Sometimes excessive stress, trauma and loss cause an individual to go into fight or flight mode where threats to survival or the “enemy” are seen or perceived to be everywhere, in everyone...
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Is trauma connected to your loss?

Is trauma connected to your loss?

August 28, 2024August 15, 2024 by wpadmin

Sometimes, there appear to be valid reasons for being stuck in grief.

You might ask “what reasons”…

  • Fear of forgetting that person
  • Time to “be” with the sadness
  • Complicated issues associated with the grieving...
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Hoarding & Grief

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...
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Looking Back to Get the Courage to Move Forward

Looking Back to Get the Courage to Move Forward

November 20, 2023October 23, 2023 by wpadmin

Life is full of ups and downs, and sometimes there is a feeling or thought as if I am never going to get through this crisis or trauma. In the midst of despair your body remembers what past...

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Triggers with Loss & More

Triggers with Loss & More

July 10, 2022July 4, 2022 by wpadmin
Continuing from the prior blog post this month about “Families & Veterans: How Grief and Loss Continue after War” I have provided information about triggers associated with Veterans which share components with grief and loss in general. The term “Trigger” is...
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