When you lose your partner, the fear of loneliness can be immense . However, there is an old saying that there is nothing to fear but fear itself and that is true when you suffer bereavement.
You were alive before you fell in love and capable of living alone. We forget that we are an individual […]
I was touched by a recent comment on the blog from Naomi
“I have been a widow for six years this April22,2008,I moved to Texas and left all my family to start a new life. I am feeling depressed,I miss my family and am struggling financially. I have 2 teenagers,my daughter is 17 and my son […]
Well done to us all, for coping with another week and moving forward in small ways towards this new life after our grief. Each Sunday I bring together a series of articles to help us understand how to find that happiness, despite our bereavement. I hope they help
Wyatt Song presents Making the impossible possible - […]
Grief is a strange emotion, and as time goes by I realise how hard it is…
G = Grief is something that needs work, we need to understand that although time helps…it is only when we use that time to cope with our feelings that we start to come through it.
R = Remember death happens to […]
As we start our week, we often need a little motivation, a little help to face the world and overcome that depression or loneliness that grief can bring. So here are some articles to help with our positive mindset.
Teresa Blondo presents Proof Positive That You Are Never Too Old to Accomplish Your Dreams posted at […]
Loneliness is awful, it can feed your depression, it can riddle your body with self doubt or even doubt about the value of life. I have always tried to keep busy when I feel lonely - going to the shops, reading a book, watching a film, ringing a friend. Then my best friend said to […]
I asked yesterday if anyone had seen their spouse once they had died, well Tiffany answered
“I have had quite a few dreams with my Josh in them. They have all varied from him just saying hello to him giving me answers to questions that I asked. When ever I dream about him I wake up feeling […]
When I first suffered loss, I found sleeping so so difficult. As emotionally tired as I felt as soon as I put my head on the pillow I could not stop my mind from thinking, of grieving, of remembering. One thing that helped me was - and don’t laugh! - was running up and down […]
Dr John Watson a founder of behavourism, said that a child has 3 behaviours as part of their emotional inventory. Love, fear and rage. I was reading about it in relation to learning, but it made me think about grief - as these 3 words flow through your body during the bereavement process….intermingling, clashing, hurting. […]
I have used affirmations for a few years to help my lack of confidence. Affirmations are sentences - usually about 6-10, are sentences that you write down and read them every day. The sentences are a way of speaking back to that inner voice that is being negative!
Each sentence starts with “I”, and is written […]
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