To paraphrase William Shakespeare’s words in Hamlet: To be normal or not to be normal? That is the question. After experiencing huge changes in your life, a popular buzz word you may hear that is used to try to help ...
“We are our stories. We compress year of experience, views and emotions into a few compact narratives that we convey to others and tell ourselves. That has always been true." Dan Pink, “A Whole New Mind” If you are ...
Do you believe that, if you're always looking down, this can influence a person’s mood? Charlie Brown of Peanuts certainly thinks so, as illustrated in the following quote. “When you’re depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you ...
When a child is grieving, they can choose to withdraw into silence. Do whatever you can to stay connected emotionally - Our tendency can be to retreat emotionally or to withhold information. But take cues from the child about how ...
In the young adult book Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt, Keturah, a sixteen year old girl living during medieval times, converses on several occasions with Lord Death. In one of their conversations she asks what it is like ...
One of the big steps of the grief journey is deciding whether or not you are going to let the title “widow” define you or not. It's understood that this “event” in your life has had a major impact and ...
Parenting can become a whole new ball game when you are suddenly parenting on your own. When children know what you will and won't tolerate, a lot of conflict can be avoided. I want to thank Nicholeen Peck of "Parenting ...
While some of you may be ready to find and welcome new love after loss, your children may not be so anxious for this life event to proceed. If you’re thinking about this, here is some food for thought. Let’s talk ...
This afternoon I was running late for a meeting and grabbed the folder I needed to take with me. I quickly glanced through it and was surprised (shocked, actually) to see a transcript of my husband's funeral sitting among the ...
Although it may seem so, your life did NOT end with the loss of your partner. It’s just that in your grief, you’re feeling unable to imagine what comes next. This doesn’t mean it’s not there waiting for you to ...