The Depth of Grief and Healing
Posts Tagged ‘healing grief’
The 5 Keys to Healing Grief
In the last post I wrote about acknowledging and even embracing your grief. I can feel people recoiling as I write that. The biggest argument I hear is “If I give into it, it may never stop.” It can certainly feel that way and yet, the exact opposite is true…when you give into it, the [...]
On the fear of tests & healing grief
Recent research shows that in acknowledging fears prior to taking an exam, students improved their test scores. Huh? As one local newscaster said, “Most of us think ignoring our fears is the right thing to do.” And what does this have to do with grief? Everything. The truth denied, suppressed, repressed, resisted or unacknowledged, has [...]
A Grieving John Edwards?
With the passing of Elizabeth Edwards last week, a part of me has little sympathy for John Edwards. After all he cheated on her when she needed him most. They were on the verge of divorce. He fathered a child with another woman. Hard to have sympathy for that, and yet… Of all her close [...]
I hate grief memoirs!
I really hate grief memoirs. Why? Just because you’ve experienced grief does not make you an expert on grief. It only makes you an expert on YOUR grief. So why are so many people out there peddling products and services to help the grieving with no other credential than their own grief, and unhealed grief [...]
So where’s the cultural support for grief?
As I was walking on the beach the other day, I got to thinking. It seems so odd that as more and more research emerges about grief, cultural support for people who are grieving seems to be at an all time low. Grief wasn’t studied much before Elisabeth Kübler-Ross proposed the 5 stages of grief [...]
