Trauma It could be a rape or bullying or poverty or neglect or a hurricane or mass tragedy. Whatever the cause, a traumatic event has a devastating impact on physical, emotional and mental well-being. Communities can be traumatized as well. This May, as part of the annual Mental Health Month activities sponsored by Mental Health [...]
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Gardening through Grief
Lately I find myself wishing that winter would be over, and spring would hurry up and get here. Grief is tough enough without being cooped up inside my house all winter long. There is something to be said about the birds chirping and flowers blooming every year. Spring allows me to open my windows and [...]
Have you ever wished
Have you ever wished that your spouse could come back for just a few minutes? I sometimes wonder what they would say to us about how we are handling their death and everything else since they died. My eyes begin to water just thinking about it. I wonder if they will know how broken we’ve [...]
Myths and Secrets of Happiness
Who is happy? What makes a person happy? Researchers continue to find answers to these long asked questions. Myths of happiness Before learning what relates to happiness, researchers, such as David Myers, Ph.D., have learned that there are several myths to popular beliefs about happiness. Myth #1: Age predicts happiness. Research studying more than a [...]
Your Grief Ain’t Like Mine: Dimensions of Grief Support
The National Alliance for Grieving Children (NCAG) blog gives the perspective of someone whose father died when she was a teenager and her grief journey . When she was 30 years old she suddenly became aware of where her grief journey had brought her and made a “life giving decision to let her father’s death [...]
Timely Reminders: Holiday Stress
The holiday season is a time for cheer, joy and excitement and goodwill…or is it? To some, the holiday season means stress, and more stress! It is helpful to identify the sources of holiday stress and find ways to cope with that stress during the upcoming holiday season. Holiday Stressors • Family • Finances • [...]
Hugging Them in Your Heart
I recently came across a wonderful article that I would like to share with everyone who is grieving the death of someone close. May this article help you on your journey of healing. Our missing can hurt so very much…sometimes every minute of every day. We hurt just to feel their touch and feel their [...]
Death Denying? I don’t think so…
The National Allicance for Grieving Children blog tries to make a comparison on how society represents death in movies and other ways and how families tend to be reluctant to discuss death with their children. Children are very resilient and need the adults in their life take the time to have honest, caring conversations with [...]
The Transfer of Life
The National Alliance for Grieving Children blog explains how much the children teach us, the adults, how to handle grief. They are wonderful role models for us who feel uncomfortable and inadequate in trying to “take care” of their grief. The children are the only ones who find the way of how to walk their grief [...]
Maintaining Healthy Boundaries with Family, Friends and Co-Workers
When you hear the word Boundaries, what comes to mind? Is it a fence around a house? Is it the limit of what you will allow your children to do? Is it the emotional distance you keep from others? These are all definitions of boundaries. Emotional boundaries are personal property lines that mark what is [...]
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