Be A Lifeline
Grief is not contagious. You can not catch grief nor can you avoid it. Death is a part of life. Every single person will experience [...]
Creative Remembrance
When someone you love dies finding meaningful ways to honor and remember them becomes an important part of legacy work, healing and maintaining connection. Below [...]
Positive Remembrance and Grief
We know that death is a part of life but this does not make grieving any easier. When someone we care about dies the world [...]
Shared Grief
The impact of loss is great. The after-effects on a family can be complicated and messy. It is important to be mindful of expectations, approach [...]
Adaptive Coping and Grief
Grief is hard, unpredictable, complicated, and always (on a good day) just below the surface. It is not simply mourning the person but forever the [...]
Drowning Doesn’t Always Look Like Drowning…Neither Does Grief
I just read a very informative article about drowning by Mario Vittone. Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect. [...]
Tell Them
When your heart is broken and you feel scared and alone reach out, allow others in, connect. Shutting in and shutting down is not the [...]
Tears
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They [...]
Sudden Loss
Sudden loss. In an instant your world is forever changed. A knock on the door. A phone call. The words that will forever be etched [...]
To Compartmentalize
To compartmentalize is to separate something into smaller sections or categories in order to make it more manageable. When grieving, compartmentalizing can be a helpful [...]