Articles in the Grief Category
A common question grievers ask is, “Where do I go from here?” Dealing with grief is the least talked about and therefor, the least understood subject in the Western world. We have a lot of …
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Russell Friedman and John W. James wrote an article called, The Myth of the Stages of Dying, Death and Grief found on the Institute of Grief Recovery website, www.grief.net, which I have paraphrased in …
As a grief counselor who also works full time at Hospice Family Care, I see my share of grief and loss. A principle that touches everyone who experiences a loss is this: We do …
We tend to live in the past or the future. It is interesting to me that we like to be in control of our lives, yet we can not control the past or the …
Grief is Normal: Grief is the normal and natural reaction to loss of any kind. A loss due to death or divorce or the break-up of a romantic relationship are perhaps the most common. There …
Some Helpful Sayings to Take Along the Way
To deny your pain will deny your healing.
By acknowledging your broken heart you will begin to heal.
Nothing about grief and the feelings is normal. Whatever you are …
After reviewing the things that are not helpful to say to a griever, one needs to ask, “What is helpful?” There are several things that can be of genuine comfort to the griever but …
Many authors and grief workers have defined stages of grief. More specifically, many have identified five stages of grief. Based on a misunderstanding of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’s five stages, grief counselors and others have transferred …
While there are many things you can do to help someone who is grieving a loss, there are some things that do not help at all. When grievers here these unhelpful statements, there is …
