Life is good at teaching us lessons – keeping us on our toes when things get too easy.
Like many of you, I called my Mom in May to wish her a happy Mother’s Day. She told me she had a cold that just wouldn’t go away. She had finally been to the doctor about it, [...]
“Grab me some water, would ya? How are you doing?”
Michael and I had arrived at the graveyard and were moments from exiting his van to visit his chosen burial site.
“How do you think I’m doing?” I asked, holding the water bottle to his lips. I find keeping my hands busy and his mouth occupied with [...]
The world can become dangerous and darker in a matter of seconds; the constant trauma when it comes to car accidents or various injuries may develop into more severe forms that have to be deal with. All the misfortunes can be really devastating for all the people who are involved in them; the bereavement will [...]
If home is where the heart is, so also dwells there a place for healing the grief and anguish of losing a child or any loved one.
All we need do is step inside our heart by means of a heart-centered meditation.
The heart isn’t only a physical organ or merely an intellectual concept. The heart is [...]
See if you can relate to these examples of expectations. Mary was sad that she did not get the job she wanted. She thought that was the perfect and possibly only job for her. Sally felt frustrated because she did not win the art contest. The loss shook her self-confidence in her abilities.
Phil was angry [...]
Grief will occur as the direct response to a strong loss; therefore, grief is to be regarded as a quite normal reaction that has to be dealt with in order not to become a severe condition that can even damage one´s state of health. The online memorial was especially designed in order to help people [...]
Help for Those Experiencing Grief or Loss
Grief is something that everyone will experience at one time or another during their lifetime. When a person experiences loss they are forced to deal with grief. Grief is your emotional reaction to a significant loss. Whether you lose a beloved person, animal, place, or object, [...]
Eventually each of us will have to face the death of a loved one.
It is the way of the world. Indeed, without death there could be no life. After all, if every single person that had ever lived had never died then there would simply be no room for us to live.
Yet knowing this seldom [...]
Replenish your inner strength while going through the grieving process
Saint Augustine of Hippo – “Love is the beauty of the soul.”
Just three weeks after my husband of 15 years passed away a family friend and psychologist said to me, “Even the Rock of Gibraltar needs to lean on someone.” It was his way of inviting [...]
Grieving is a personal thing and it doesn’t matter what you are grieving about, it could be the loss of a spouse, a relationship, a pet, a parent, a child, retirement, moving, financial and health issues; no matter what it is, grief recovery is a personal journey with many questions.
Grief recovery is the journey we [...]