This morning I enjoyed chatting with Barbara Goldberg from The Evil Stepmother Speaks about the role of grief and it’s impact on family relationships after divorce, death and re-marriage. Barbara works with stepmothers who often find it very difficult to join a family, because of the way that grief over the loss of the original family…
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Ubuntu: Creating A Wholehearted Life After Loss
Last month I had the privilege of speaking to over 300 brilliant coaches at the Martha Beck Coaches’ Summit in Phoenix. My presentation slot was just 8 minutes long, so with all that I’ve learned in my past 10 years since qualifying as a Social Worker, and especially in the past 2 years through my…
A Treasure-Trove of Resources For Wholehearted Living After Loss
What Exactly Is Wholehearted Living After Loss? Shelly Immel of The Big Life Project interviewed me a few weeks ago about wholehearted living after loss. I use that phrase a lot around here, but after this interview I realized that I’ve shared about it in bits and pieces throughout all my articles and there isn’t…
Do You Need Your Friends & Family To Approve Of The Way You’re Grieving?
Last week I posted my “How Can I Heal?” article on Facebook and two of my wonderful friends commented in response to the article. Here’s what Rebekah said… And then Dana said this… Seeking approval in our grieving Do you find yourself seeking approval in your grieving, and wanting your friends and family to validate…
How To Release Guilt & Regret When You Didn’t Get To Say What You Wanted To Say Before They Died.
The idea of “closure” has been popular idea in the world of grief counseling in the modern Western world for some time. The traditional belief is that our relationships end when someone dies and that, in order to find peace with that ending, we ideally need to have had all the conversations we would have…
4 Simple And Inexpensive Ways To Heal After Loss
As I look back over the past year since our daughter died in-utero, I was at first surprised by the things that made the most difference to my health, sense of wellbeing and hope. 5 Practices stood out way above everything else, but we didn’t learn about these 5 practices in my Social Work studies….
