Navigating the Emotional Whirlwind: Understanding the Five Stages of Grief
Navigating grief through give stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. A journey through emotions, healing, and finding new meaning
Navigating grief through give stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. A journey through emotions, healing, and finding new meaning
Coping with loss and bereavement Every time there is a significant change in our lives, such as loss and bereavement, we experience a range of feelings. It can be a confusing and frightening time. Understanding loss and bereavement can help with the grieving, and to understand what is happening. Coping with loss and bereavement is …
All faced with bereavement Sometime in our lives we are all faced with bereavement. If we think about it we either think bereavement will never happen to us or we’ll cope when or if it happens. When we lose a loved one the bereavement throws us into a world of grief. It’s a place that …
Bereavement is often closed subject Bereavement or loss is something that we all face at some time in our lives. This can be through the death of someone we are close to or our loss of health or job or a miscarriage. As it is a subject that is not often openly talked about, we …
Serious loss is something we will all experience at some point of time in our lives. This may be because of the death of a loved one or it may be circumstances such as miscarriage or loss of a job. Sometimes we do not experience loss or bereavement until later in life and have had …
Losing your Mum through death is a difficult grieving journey whether you are young or old. For some the mourning of their mum never ends. Grief can intensify on anniversaries. Grieving for Mum on Mother’s Day can be extra painful.
Spring is here! Time for new beginnings. Trees are beginning to turn green, gardens are full of blue and yellow flower and lambs are being born. New beginnings in nature are beginning to happen. It’s therefore an ideal opportunity to reflect on your own life and begin to think about your new beginnings. But before …
Miscarriage can be devastating. How do you deal with miscarriage? Miscarriage is often an uncomfortable word and one that people do not like to hear or talk about. Yet it happens to every 1 in 4 women. Almost no-one sees a miscarriage coming and it can come as a terrible blow to women, especially as …
When we speak of bereavement and grieving within Western Society people often feel uncomfortable and tend to avoid the subject. Clients often report to me that they find they cannot talk of the dead person to friends or colleagues. It is almost as though they are not allowed to carry on thinking of the deceased …
Father’s Day can be a special day for many families. For others absent father can bring many different emotions. My children eagerly made their Dad a card and went to bed excited at waking him their Dad up tomorrow morning. This is not the case for those who have an absent father. A bushy eyed …