Overcoming & Moving Beyond Your Sorrow
by Denise Crompton, author of "Diagnosis: Rare Disease" The care of a loved one with a debilitating condition often falls to their mother, but fathers, siblings or spouses also may take on that role. Even if there is additional help available, the … [Continue reading]
Dealing with Death of a Spouse at a Young Age THERE WERE ONLY three weeks from cancer diagnosis to death. When you’re 30, you never think something like this will happen to you. This isn’t how it’s meant to be. We had so many plans – things we … [Continue reading]
So grief is like this: There is a box with a ball in it and a pain button. In the beginning, the ball is huge. You can't move the box without the ball hitting the pain button. It rattles around on its own in there and hits the button over and … [Continue reading]
9 Tips For Dealing with Divorce Without a doubt, getting divorced can trigger grief and does for most people. It’s 100% normal to feel a lot of pain about the end of your marriage and all the other losses to go along with getting divorced. Yet … [Continue reading]
Parenting coach and columnist Meghan Leahy answered questions recently in a Washington Post online chat. Here is an edited excerpt. Q: My husband, son and I moved in with my parents when my mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer to help with everyday … [Continue reading]
Meghan and the late politician were extremely close, she says, sharing that they spoke up to seven times a day and still has the impulse to reach for her phone and call him. “I wake up groggy sometimes and have this impulse to call him, which I … [Continue reading]
Four years ago, Ankita Shah* lost her father to suicide. For a long time after his death, she was in shock and felt lonely despite the support of her immediate family. It was only after she began seeing a mental health professional that her emotional … [Continue reading]
Author Wendy Picken has given free copies of her book, It's Not Fair! to local hospices and will donate 10 per cent of the profits to support the work of local bereavement charity Daisy's Dream. Wendy has enjoyed a long career providing … [Continue reading]
The latest sound bytes coming out of New York and Virginia have caused most of us terrible grief, as we look up from our day-to-day lives and recognize that our country really has turned into a culture of death. So many facets of our society proclaim … [Continue reading]
It seems that in February, everyone is talking about love – it’s a sentimental season with thoughts of romance and togetherness, with Valentine’s Day at the heart of it all. But if you’re grieving after the loss of a partner, this retail and media … [Continue reading]
"I lost my son in the World Trade Center [on Sept. 11] and I found your book so comforting." - Patricia Noah, mother of Leonard M. Castrianno, Cantor Fitzgerald, 105th floor WTC.
"I just read The Road to Recovery. It was so informative. I am founder and director of a bereavement support group for parents who have lost a child." - Ann Carruci, HANDS (Healing and Nurturing Distraught Survivors)
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Divorce is complicated (and it sucks) because you’re faced with seemingly non-stop social, emotional, legal, financial, and the everyday challenges of your new life. Everything changes and not always for the better — at least at first. Of course, all these changes trigger grief which you may think you understand because you’ve grieved before. But overcoming divorce […]
One of life’s most difficult challenges is dealing with grief, the feeling of sadness over the loss of someone or something significant. Although grief is normal, the pain can be overwhelming, and the sorrow so profound that it defies description. You wonder if you can ever heal yourself. The most common causes of grief are […]
By Timothy Kelley (All Star Press / GriefHelp.org is thankful and honored to be allowed to re-print this blog posting) The reality of death is a confrontational foe – or in some cases a friend – that never ceases to knock on the door of our human consciousness. Its looming presence is kept at bay for much […]
