Finding Motivation
Are you dragging your feet every day? Do you find it challenging to make yourself presentable for work? Are you unmotivated, not up to cleaning, socializing, or even doing the...
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Grief is a Mountain
Grief is a mountain. It’s steep. It’s tall. It makes you lose your breath when you try to climb. It can be treacherous, leaving you stumbling or hanging on for...
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It Doesn’t Seem to Matter this Year – Holidays and Grief
by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC “Who cares this year? It hurts so much; how do you expect me to wear a smile during the holidays?” Who hasn’t felt this...
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Take the Step: Live with Suicide Death
You are experiencing agony. Your loved one took their own life. It is something you never imagined, never wished, never wanted. You are shocked, heartbroken, confused, sad, and angry. Maybe...
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Different Types of Grief Therapy
Are you feeling weighed down in grief? Is it challenging to come to terms with what you’re experiencing? Do you feel it is too much? Experiencing the loss of a...
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How Exercise Helps Grief
During grief, finding the motivation to do things can be challenging. On the other hand, you might also feel like you are staying so busy you don’t have time to...
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Grieving before a death: Anticipatory Grief
by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC When we first heard the words, “You are dying”, the world seemed to stop, sadness felt overwhelming and we wished the world would pause...
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Helping the Suicidal
Viewer discretion: this contains critical and intense information about helping the suicidal. Please note that this blog may not be for everyone, but it is helpful information for someone in...
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Emotional Support TV for Grief
Have you ever been in the depths of grief and wanted to do nothing more than curl up on the couch and watch some TV? Emotional support television can be...
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Grief Is Not All Or Nothing
Have you ever been put in a grouchy mood because someone hurt or offended you? While you are busy being hurt they say something funny. You crack a smile and...
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What is Grief?
by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC After her father’s death, a bereaved adult daughter shared that she didn’t understand why everyone in the family was so sad. Dad was at...
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Remembering 9/11
As September starts, we come to the 22nd anniversary of remembering 9/11. Some of us remember quite clearly where we were when the crash happened. Some of us may not...
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