How Long Do I Grieve ? People have been grieving since the dawn of time, death is an inevitable part of life . Part of the never ending cycle of who we are. At some point in life all of us will have to lose someone close to us, or be the person that someone…
In all of my readings and live events I ALWAYS say the same thing about grief, the first year is often easier than the second and subsequent years! This may come as a surprise to some of you and for some of you… well it might not and you may be sat nodding your head…
The Do’s and Don’ts Explained Every one and I mean everyone at some point in their life is going to grieve and we can add to that list that everyone without exception will know someone who is grieving or will be at some point in their life. For many this is such a tentative subject…
I had my first encounter with grief at the young age of 21 when my best friend and brother Keith died. I had lost my Grandad the year before but he was in his late 80s and had been ill for so long, I could handle it better and took it in my stride. I…
Do you celebrate a loved ones anniversary? A controversial subject I realise and to be fair, in the first few years of my brothers passing I was too much in grief to actually get out of my bed and face the thought that this day was a reminder of his life and death or a…
In my readings one of the most repeated things I encounter is the subject of guilt!! There are times in our life when we will all feel guilt in some form or another. Guilt that we let someone down or perhaps didn’t cover a shift when we could have – simple things. But when someone…
Introduction I often research other people’s ideas of coping with grief and their journey. I do this to help myself understand and to help others I will encounter during my life’s work. During this research I came across this and I found it covers the basics so well. It is found in many of the…
At some point in our life it is a subject that like it or not we all have to deal with. One day we will grieve someone or even be the person someone else is actually grieving for! I hear so many comments on this very subject I asked for an entire page where I…
Over the 3 decades I have been doing this work (it’s more like a vocation to be honest) anyway where was I? I have heard some truly awful things said to people about their loss of a loved one. I have also had things said to me that have made my skin literally crawl. I…
For many of us the subject of grief didn’t hit until we actually had to do the very thing we dread and that is actually grieve. There are no words to explain that feeling although plenty have been written and published but until you feel that heart wrenching , throat clenching grip that death has…