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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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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