grief Archive
Pretend your parents are dead.No, but seriously.Or any loved one, really.Pretend they are dead, but talk to them. Go through boxes and photos and journals with them. Ask your questions.The last time I saw my mother was two years ago …
Grief is a complicated emotion and one that everyone experiences differently. While some seniors recover quickly after the death of a spouse, others may get lost in their grief. When grief becomes prolonged, it can lead to depression, addiction, suicide, …
Despite the common strong association between grief and death, grief is a reaction to a significant loss, and not just to a death. This means that we can have a grief reaction to any major change in our life, even …
Recovery work is definitely a journey. And while the traumatic emotions and memory recovery feel awful sometimes, there is nothing worse than feeling stuck. In this work, “stuck” is a technical term. It means our defenses are winning the inner …
Death ends a life, not a relationship. ~~ Morrie Schwartz Anticipatory grief is exactly what it says: the feeling of anxiety and sadness at loss, begun before the loss occurs. When loss means death, the term applies to both the …
I marvel sometimes at the way grief changes; how it changes over time, how it changes those grieving. How it differs between the bereaved. I've had a lot of time to reflect this weekend with P out of town. My …
Are you grieving at this time of year more than usual and feeling out of sorts as a result? You know, there’s merriment joy all around you whether it’s songs on the radio, Christmas cards that arrive in the post, the humourous …
Draped over LaTeesha Pinkney’s white “Gift of Compassion” t-shirt was a long, thin necklace, carefully strung with gold beads and a dozen or so charms. Pinkney made the necklace, hand-picking each charm for some significance or memory it brought to mind. …
When you’re getting the news that someone has passed away or you’re being fired from an organization, the process you’re going through is often very similar in nature; it’s the process of moving through a cycle of grief and loss. …
In my role as a social worker at a mental health clinic, I provide individual counseling services, which routinely includes a risk assessment regarding suicidal ideation, self harm, substances, etc. In light of tragedies such as the death of Robin …
