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Category Archives: Grief and loss

Five Stages Of Grief

Grief occurs in response to the loss of someone or something. Grief itself is a normal and natural response to loss. It is important to realize that acknowledging the grief promotes the healing process.
Time and support facilitate the grieving process, allowing an opportunity to appropriately mourn the loss.
Stages of grief:
It is important to note that […]

How To Deal With Regrets

Regret - to remember with sense of loss or feeling of having done amiss; to wish otherwise” - Chambers Dictionary
“Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again to few to mention”
Frank Sinatra, My Way
How many people can say that?
Have you any regrets?
What do you do about these regrets? Do you dwell on them until they […]

What to Do (and Not Do) When You Hurt

No one knew what to do with me. The chaplain gave me hand-outs. The church people force-fed me Bible verses. My friends tried to understand (some of them), but simply could not. My husband’s patience had run low. I was grieving. Mourning, and doubled over in pain. I felt dead from the all the death […]

The Cup of Forgiveness

Does your family drive you crazy? Erma Bombeck once joked that insanity is hereditary-you get it from your kids. Maybe your parents are being the problem, payback for your time as a teenager. Sometimes it seems like the Creator had some big idea to make sure we are born to the wrong family just so […]

How to Cope With Unavoidable Suffering

Unavoidable suffering is a condition of existence, a part of the mystery that shrouds every life. It is usually the result of broken attachments to those we love or the loss of something cherished. It cannot be prevented because death and perpetual change are uncontrollable givens of living.
On the other hand, much suffering can be […]

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