Families all suffer a death at some point, as families are made up of diverse human beings it can be easy for conflict to arise. Grief is emotional, grief stirs different emotions in each person. One thing I have found is that there is no one way that people cope with bereavement - we all […]
Death can sometimes creep up on us, strike when we least expect. So how do we cope with the grief
S = Shock occurs because we just don’t understand why…the only reason is that as humans we are born, we live and at some point we die. The timing can be any time. In reality […]
The reality of bereavement is that we are shaken to our core, our beliefs can be shaken, our belief in the goodness of life can be shaken. You all know how I love quotes to help us think about the future, well Anne Lamott has a wonderful quote to help us
“Hope begins in the dark, […]
I had the pleasure of speaking with Brianne Schwantes today for my Engaging Brand podcast - the show won’t air until next week. However, I feel so uplifted that I just have to tell you about her story.
Brianne was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta an illness that makes your bones brittle. She was not expected to […]
When we suffer loss, we can think about what we now can’t do rather than exploring what we can do. We can explore our negative feelings like loneliness, sadness, grief rather than thinking about what are strengths are and how we can use them to rebuild our lives.
Overcoming grief is not only coming to terms […]
I love hearing from readers to Widows Quest who are starting to turn their life around after bereavement. Mary just posted a wonderful comment on Grab Life Before Death Gets There First. Her comment shows there is hope in a brighter future
“….I was having a hard time imagining what my new life would be like.
Now […]
When someone loses someone close to them, it can be so difficult to know what to say. I came across an article at Helping Hands that I thought was worth sharing with you , here is a snippet for you
“Some other unhelpful comments after a death may be:
– “He is in a better place.” (Many […]
Bereavement makes you feel that you will never “fly”again, you know the feelings that I mean..that feeling of being in love and being loved. You feel that you are almost flying, you will free..you feel happy.
When a Jumbo Jet has an emergency landing, - like our feeling when we lost our partner - it […]
There are some remarkable people in the world and one that stands out for me is Dr Maya Angelou. I just love these words and wanted to share them with you all as hope for tomorrow through our bereavement
“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, […]
I was speaking to mum last night and was suddenly struck by much she is doing since the death of dad. She misses him hugely, and they were devoted to each other, that made her grief hard, the bereavement process was a long one for mum.
Yet when I hear her now - she still […]
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