August 18th, 2007
Worry affects your sleep, if affects your mood, it affects your help. I have even been known to worry about worrying!
Here are my 6 tips on how to stop those sleepless nights
Take Charge. Accept what you can’t change and do what you can. It doesn’t need to be perfect, just take some action…you can […]
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August 2nd, 2007
Our progression through the grief process can be long and hard. I am a real believer in tracking your progress. Here are 4 ways that you can use to note your bereavement process.
Write a blog! I often go back through the archives and see my highs and lows. It also helps me focus on how […]
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July 28th, 2007
It is my mum’s birthday today, so she is staying with me and I remain so proud of the way she has coped since Dad died. Her health has not been wonderful but she is really trying to piece together a new life. She is 77 today and could so easily have said “I have […]
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July 26th, 2007
To overcome the period of mourning, to overcome the hurt we need a great deal of inner belief.
B= Believe in your ability to cope with the pain and come through even stronger.
E= Expect to be happy again.
L=Learn to love again. Trust that the benefit of love is greater than the pain of loss.
I=Inspire your inner […]
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July 17th, 2007
The most common e-mail I get is from people who want help understanding their grief. Your reaction to grief is personal and individual reactions cannot be predicted. There was a Yale School of Medicine study of more than 200 survivors of a loved one’s natural death. It found that yearning for the deceased was the […]
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July 4th, 2007
I received a lovely email from a reader called Sheila (thank you for your kind words) who said
“I have just lost my husband after 35 years of marriage. I am due to retire from my job in 6 months and I know feel lost, I was looking forward to retirement and now I am dreading […]
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July 3rd, 2007
Grief can be really sap your energy levels, even just getting up seems impossible. I cam across this article called Your Guide to Never Feeling Tired Again Two that I would like to highlight are
1) Write down your worries. During the day, jot down any stressors that are weighing on you, says Carden. Then, do […]
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