Emotional Anesthesia:
Why We Get Worse Before We Get Better
Following a Death

‘This is so confusing’ you say, thinking about the loss of your beloved.  ‘Instead of getting better as time passes, I’m getting worse.  This is Continue reading →

Why Bereaved Parents Get ‘Stuck’ in their Grief
Debilitating GUILT!

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, Continue reading →

WHEN OTHERS THINK, ‘YOU’RE SO STRONG.’

If you’d broken your arm, would you refuse to see a doctor and instead decide to take matters into your own hands by wrapping your arm and hope for the best?  Continue reading →

SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS:
REMEMBERING OUR BELOVED

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, Continue reading →

HELPFUL HINTS
FOR
SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS

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 Continue reading →

PRINCE HARRY,
SON OF DECEASED MOM, PRINCESS DIANA,
SPEAKS ABOUT THE TWO DECADES OF AVOIDING HIS GRIEF

Prince Harry: “I sought counseling after 20 years of not thinking about the death of my mother, Diana, and two years of total Continue reading →

WHAT GRIEF WORK IS NOT :
Looking Over Clients’ Avoidance Lists

After months have passed since the loss of a beloved, many survivors tackle life with the mental mind set of wanting to keep things as normal as possible.  Continue reading →

‘I Really Don’t Want to Talk About IT Avoidance…..At Any Cost?

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 Continue reading →

Losing a Dear Companion – Our Family Pet :
Similarities in Grief Reactions from Pets & People’s Deaths

Since last writing, I’ve had several clients and friends lose their family pets, namely Rock, Moses, Tucker, & Hank, all dogs. Continue reading →