Many family members, when thinking about the holiday season, tell me ‘I just want to take a pill and sleep through them!’ And if that‘s not possible, survivors of loss, Continue reading →
Grief is very energy consuming. You are tired for much of your day. The holidays put additional demands on your already lowered energy! Reduce your expectations of what you Continue reading →
WHAT GRIEF WORK IS NOT : Looking Over Clients’ Avoidance Lists
After months have passed since the loss of a beloved, many survivors tackle life with the mental mind set of wanting to keep things as normal as possible. Continue reading →
‘I Really Don’t Want to Talk About IT Avoidance…..At Any Cost?
Keeping busy – I mean a-ma-zing-ly busy – is one of several options survivors of loss use to avoid thinking and talking about IT – their enormously pain-filled Continue reading →
Teens Unique Reactions to the Death of a Family Member
When a family member dies, teens often avoid their feelings by side-stepping probing inquiries into how they’re doing. With replies like ‘I don’t know’ followed by Continue reading →
Guilt: Causes for How Parents Get ‘Stuck’ in Their Grief
Following the Death of Their Child
More than any other grieving adults I’ve helped, parents are the victim of guilt and other ‘messy’ illogical emotions because, I firmly Continue reading →