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Archive for the ‘Practical Tips on Grief’ Category

August 18th, 2007

6 Tips on How to Stop Worrying

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 […]

By anna -- 2 comments

August 2nd, 2007

4 Ideas to Track Your Journey

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 […]

By anna -- 5 comments

July 28th, 2007

My Mum’s Birthday

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

Belief is what we need

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 […]

By anna -- 1 comment

July 17th, 2007

A Personal Reaction to Death

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

Facing Retirement without Your Loved One

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 […]

By anna -- 0 comments

July 3rd, 2007

How to stop feeling tired…

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 […]

By anna -- 1 comment