 Category :: Grief Articles |
Author :: Margaret Paul, Ph. D.  |
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| Article Title :: Healthy Grief, Unhealthy Grief |
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| We all know that it is in oneÂ’s highest good to grieve the loss of a relationship. Healthy grief releases feelings rather than allowing them to get stuck in the body. Healthy grief allows the griever to heal the loss and move on with life.
Yet grief is not always healing. Many of us have known people who were stuck in their grief, seemingly locked into the past and unable to move forward in their lives.
What is the difference between those who feel their grief and move on and those who get stuck in it? The difference lies in what they believe they have lost. When people believe they have lost their source of love, their grief will feel unending.
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| Category :: Grief Articles |
Author :: Susanna Duffy |
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| Article Title :: Men and Grief |
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| Men grieve differently from women. Our cultural roles make it difficult for men to look for support, and harder again to accept it. Men are so often silent, solitary mourners who immerse themselves in activity and private, symbolic rituals. They feel profoundly, but often can't express the depth of their loss.A man is supposed to be "strong," to support, to cope, and to plan in the aftermath of loss. His own pain must be put away.Grief doesn't discriminate between gender or culture. Our society has placed clear expectations and requirements upon our roles as men and women. Boys learn quickly what behaviour is considered inappropriate through such statements as, “Stand up a (read full article) |
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Author :: Lorraine Kember |
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| Article Title :: Terminal Illness- Death and Grief |
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| No one likes to think about illness and death, when we are well, we feel invincible and there is nothing that can prepare us for the shock and devastation of a terminal diagnosis. The knowledge that we can no longer take our lives or the lives we share with our loved ones for granted takes away our ability to plan for the future and removes hope from our lives. When a loved one becomes terminally ill, we grieve in anticipation of their death, we grieve for the loss of them in our lives and we grieve for our own mortality.No one is immune to grief. There are those amongst us today, who have grieved deeply in the past, there are those who are grieving deeply now and sadly, all of (read full article) |
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| Category :: Grief Articles |
Author :: Beth Densmore |
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| Article Title :: One Woman's Way of Dealing With Grief |
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| All of us at one time or another have felt grief: perhaps over a lost job, lost love, or the most heartbreaking, the death of someone we loved dearly. Each of us goes about the task of grieving in our own distinct way.When we lose a loved one the grief path is long and complicated. We feel so many different emotions, sadness, abandonment, anger; it seems we will never be normal again.When I lost my son and my husband within the same year, I was devastated. My son died in April of that year and my husband and I had him cremated. We worried about what to do with the cremains.One night as I pondered what had made my son happy in life, I remembered his love of Mickey M (read full article) |
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| Category :: Grief Articles |
Author :: Susanna Duffy |
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| Article Title :: How To Write A Eulogy |
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| Remembering someone special in a personal way can be healing for everyone concerned, for a eulogy is a deeply personal way of saying goodbye. The key word is life, and you've been given the opportunity to celebrate a loved one's life in the individual way that made your friend unique. Don't be daunted by the task, just take these simple steps for a sincere and moving last farewell.To prepare a eulogy, you will need to be well prepared. The eulogy should convey your feelings and your experiences and should be written in an informal, conversational tone. It’s not for summarising the person's life and it doesn’t have to speak for all present. Just sit down and write from your hear (read full article) |
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| Category :: Grief Articles |
Author :: Garrett Coan |
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| Article Title :: Moving Beyond Grief and Loss |
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| In my work as a coach and therapist, I have seen many clients dealing with losses of all kinds—loss of loved ones through death and divorce, for instance. These experiences are difficult for everyone.Stages of Recovery from LossThere are some predictable stages that most people pass through after losing something or someone important. In her work on death and dying, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross outlined five stages of grieving.Shock and Denial: The first reaction to loss is often the inability to feel anything. This may include feeling numb, weak, overwhelmed, anxious, not yourself, or withdrawn.Anger: Blaming yourself or others for the loss.Bargaining: “I (read full article) |
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Author :: Jan Maizler |
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| Article Title :: Understanding Grief and Loss in Times of War and Disaster |
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| There are many different kinds of losses we can experience in our lives. Indeed, loss in human beings has its beginnings in the birth process that separates the infant from the comfort and security of the mother’s womb into a world where survival is conditional and predicated on individual responsibility. The presumable final loss is the end of the human life cycle caused by death. There are many losses in between those polarities that relate to the developmental and aging process in each life. All of these losses are expectable losses and our bereavement and mourning of these losses are colored by their expectabilityLosses can be understood and processed more effectively when th (read full article) |
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Author :: Tenley McDonald |
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| Article Title :: Sympathy Flowers |
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| Sending a floral tribute is a very appropriate way of expressing sympathy to a family who has experienced the loss of a loved one. Flowers express a feeling of life and beauty and offer much comfort to the family. A floral tribute can either be sent to a funeral service or to the family’s residence. Here are some suggestions to assist you in sending sympathy flowers.Funeral Basket- Appropriate to send to a funeral or memorial service. Pricing will vary depending on the type and quantity of flowers. Ask your florist for details and availability of specific flowers.Funeral Spray- This is a large arrangement designed in floral foam and attached to an easel. It is appropriate (read full article) |
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| Category :: Grief Articles |
Author :: Tim Ong |
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| Article Title :: Cultivate a Friendship with Death |
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| Why We Fear Death"Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark." - BaconThere may be a thousand reasons why we fear death, but most of all we fear death because we fear the unknown, and death is an unknown entity to most people. We fear that dying may be painful and we do not know what will happen to us at the point of death.Some people fear death because they imagine the dying process to be very painful. Death is not painful. In fact, death is often very peaceful and silent even for those suffering from cancers or other terminal illness.When the physical body is deteriorating day by day from a terminal illness, and pain arises from superficial woun (read full article) |
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Author :: RobinRenee Bridges |
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| Article Title :: How to Turn Grief into Joy |
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| I was with my daddy when he died. Excuse me, I was with my daddy when his spirit left his body. I drove him to the emergency room because he was having chest pains. He said that they weren’t too bad, and his color was good. He was still walking.In fact, Daddy walked into the cubicle in the ER and hopped up on the gurney. Almost as quickly, he hopped off saying, “Whew, doggie! Feels like somebody’s got a knife in my back, right between my shoulder blades.” Daddy said it with a great big grin on his face. That’s just the way my Daddy was.A few minutes later his aorta ruptured spilling his lifeblood into his chest cavity. His lips quivered briefly as he said, “I’l (read full article) |
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