What is meditation? Meditation for Grief can be a great way to aid in the healing process. According to wikipedia, “Meditation is a practice where an individual uses a technique such as mindfulness or focusing the mind on a particular...
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There are a variety of reasons you plan a loved one’s funeral. Death can be a sensitive subject for a lot of people. Planning your own funeral alone may seem overwhelming and quite frankly scary. You may find yourself sitting down next to...
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Colorful lights are hanging from trees and sparkling in the crisp late fall air. Wreaths and menorahs in the windows to show the impending celebrations within. Standing outside looking in it appears to be a typical holiday season gearing up. All...
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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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Celebrating birthdays is a common custom for the majority of us. Blowing out candles, giving gifts and putting up decorations. It is nice to be celebrated. It is fulfilling to know that loved ones are recognizing your life up until this point and...
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When trauma or loss happens are you the one who everyone leans on? Today we are going to talk about how bearing the weight of others’ pain and always being strong for others can stunt your own self-healing. If you are the one who...
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All of us who grieve long to have someone to talk to who is skilled at empathetic listening. What is empathetic listening you ask? An empathetic listener is someone who hears conversation authentically. This person will really try to understand...
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There is something about music or poetry that expresses feelings that we struggle to put words to. Grief reaches into the deep places in us and hides there. Sometimes it takes reading that poem to even recognize that it has settled in. Have...
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Grief and loss is a different experience for everyone. When talking about grief in children it can present itself in a variety of ways. The age of the child can contribute to an even wider range of ways that grief manifests itself. Processing...
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Feeling Alone in Healing Grief Grief healing can be a very lonely place. One of the most dangerous things to get caught up in when trying to heal grief is isolation. Not only just to be grieving alone, but to feel as though nobody understands you...
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More than just emotional Pain: Grief Hurts Have you ever grieved so heart you could actually feel your heart ache. It is amazing how emotional pain can be physically painful. A deep ache in your heart and throughout your body that makes you want...
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Have you ever wanted to just get away? Finding yourself stuck in grief? Maybe a lot of time has passed since a loved one died but you are still finding it hard to process your grief. Your grief story is unique to you. Grief is fluid, it...
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