When Grief Makes You Question Your Life And Live Differently.
The death of your parent might make you question your life and live differently...
To Bounce Not Break
(support for living with grief)
To Bounce Not Break
(support for living with grief)
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How Grief Persists. Are You Done Yet?
As the years pass, your friends might start to wonder a little when you will be done with grief. Grief persists.
Grief Requires Energy You Might Not Have Right Now.
Grief requires energy. As an adult child grieving the loss of a parent, I've realized...
What Grief Does When You Have One Parent Left.
What are you supposed to do when you are still grieving the loss of one parent and life threatens to take away the other? Let's talk about what grief does when you have one parent left.
Functioning After Your Parent Dies.
You are not alone if you feel that functioning after your parent dies feels impossible...
The Three Ghosts of Grief.
Why is grieving the loss of a parent just so hard? The answer is the three ghosts of grief.
You Need To Know This If Someone You Love Has Died.
When I was smack in the middle of raw grief, a friend gave me one piece of information that completely changed the way I view death and dying. You need to know this too, if someone you love has died.
How Has Grief Changed You?
When someone important to you dies, there may come a time in grief in which you find that you don't quite recognize yourself.
Keeping Your Parent Alive.
How can we keep our parents alive, especially when doing so is a constant reminder of their death? Sometimes when a parent dies we can’t even say their name out loud. It hurts far too much. Saying their name dredges…
Ways To Ease The Pain Of Grief.
Especially in the early days, the pain of grief can be constant. Even many years after losing your mom or dad, the pain can still be intense and at times unbearable. You just want it to stop. When my mom…
Is Your Grief a Gift?
Just a few months after my mom died I was with another mom in the courtyard at school drop off, talking about how my world had stopped and my priorities had changed. I saw the world so differently with my…
When It Feels Like Everyone But You Has Moved On From Grief.
When someone you love dies, your grief remains while everyone who was there to support you when the loss was fresh gradually returns to their everyday lives.
What To Do When Grief Pops Up In Unexpected Places.
When your parent dies, in the beginning, grief is what you do. It’s expected. You might sit with intense grief, possibly surrounded by family and friends, planning for the burial and events to celebrate and remember your mom or dad’s…