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 …
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 the grieving seems to be at an all time low. Grief wasn’t studied much before Elisabeth Kübler-Ross proposed the 5 stages of grief in the …
So where’s the cultural support for the grieving? Read More »
If you’ve followed me at all you know I am on a mission to debunk the whole idea of the stages of grief. This study clarifies some of what is understood as the stages of grief. This study supports what I’ve observed in people who are grieving. Though I don’t hear people use the word …
Stages of Grief? Yearning the #1 Response to Grief, Not Denial Read More »
In Western culture, death and grieving are often seen as something to be avoided at all costs. We’re certainly not supposed to fall apart. Wrong! Sometimes we just need to fall apart and it doesn’t need to be “treated”. Throughout the grieving process what most need more than anything else, is to have their grief …
Is grief counseling bad for you? The short answer is absolutely not. I hear this question more often than I would like. So here’s my take on it… Without question, the most effective support for grief and loss is a grief support group. Period! I should also say that plenty of people get through their …
Grief and loss often get confused by people who are grieving. They think what they’re experiencing in their grief is something to be gotten over, mistakenly believing it’s the grief that’s the problem. It’s not. If there’s an enemy here, it’s the loss itself not the grief that follows it. Grief is the means by …