Being alone and grieving is different than being alone in your grief. How do you know the difference? Determining when being alone during a period of grief is healthy or harmful is important. Humans were made for connection. Introverts...
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Many services that were readily available to us have been taken away during the pandemic because they are not deemed “essential”. One of those things has been in person therapy sessions. It is a relief that many therapists have simply gone...
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by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC “My loved one died a year ago, and I still say goodnight to their photo.” “I find myself being a cemetery person, since my son died 4 years ago. It helps me feel close to him.” “I have a table in my home with...
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We are living in a time right now that will be written down in history books for future generations to look back on. From a global pandemic to rioting, protesting and a worldwide cry for racial equality and justice. History is being written as...
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by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC Since March I have been working from home because of this disease. When it became time, I packed up the office, choosing those things which I thought I might need to work from home for a 3-month period (my...
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by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC Following the guidance of the CDC and the Wisconsin Department of Health, we are eliminating in- person groups, whether it is the Coffees every other Friday or the Grief Group which begins March 23. None...
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Noun; Personal Day. According to the dictionary a personal day is defined as a paid or unpaid day of leave from work for reasons other than illness or vacation, take at the employee’s discretion. According to Gettysburg college, American’s...
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Recently, a friend’s young sister died unexpectedly of suicide. The entire family was traumatized. So many questions, so much pain, so much numbness. They stood together in complete shock and disbelief as they buried her and celebrated her short...
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At any time of the day our phones will ding to let you know you have a notification. It might be breaking news or a message from a friend. The days of waiting for the newspaper to arrive to tell you the current events are long gone. Now those...
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by Julia Rajtar, M.A.P.S., BCC A loved one who struggles with depression once said, “I know you are doing everything to can to help me and keep me from ending my life, but, sometimes no matter how hard you try, you can’t stop me. If I...
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There is one thing that is a guarantee in life. We all die eventually. For most we do not know when or how. The majority of us do not think about it until we are faced with sickness or other’s death. For some they will never forget the day when...
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Have you decided what your New Year’s Resolution will be? Whether you have one in mind or are still thinking (or don’t intend to have one), we have an idea that would work for anyone! Make this the year that you look into preplanning your...
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