More than any other grieving adults I‘ve helped over the years, I firmly believe that parents are the greatest victims of guilt because of this over-powering belief – which, I quickly add, is NOT a fact – that they Continue reading →

Would you refuse to see a doctor if you’d broken your arm?

Would you instead decide to take matters into your own hands, protect your arm, hoping for the best?  Of course not, seeing a physician is a Continue reading →

My Baby Was Born Silent and Still….

Do you know what it’s like to hold a baby that doesn’t cry?
A baby that doesn’t reach for you?
A baby that doesn’t have a heartbeat?

Do Continue reading →

Over the years clients have ‘entertained’ me with their efforts to avoid anything ’that triggers feelings of loss of their Beloved.  Below is a sampling of my ‘favorite’ and my responses.  A client’s avoidance list, as Continue reading →

Many family members, when thinking about the holiday season, tell me ‘I just want to take a pill and sleep through them!’  And if that‘s not possible, survivors of loss, at the very least, want to run Continue reading →

CLAIM LIMITS

Grief is very energy consuming.  You are tired for much of your day.  The holidays put additional demands on your already lowered energy!  Reduce your expectations of what you must do.  Claim your Continue reading →

Do you know what it’s like to hold a baby that doesn’t cry?
A baby that doesn’t reach for you?
A baby that doesn’t have a heartbeat?

Do you know what it’s like to blame yourself?
Or Continue reading →

Keeping busy – I mean a-ma-zing-ly busy – is one of several options survivors of loss use to avoid thinking and talking about IT – their enormously pain-filled and devastating loss.

A quick look at their calendar – with Continue reading →

Death of a Family Member:
How Teens React

Most teenagers disdain crying, though some will cop to using tears to get their own way when possible.  Even more than adults, teens fight for control because to genuinely ‘lose it’ Continue reading →

                                                                Loss Is Not Only From Death –
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