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- Grieving is Not Limited to Death - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Annette GonzalezSometimes we begin grieving while care-giving our parent (s). You are caring for your parents but they are not the same parents you remember while growing up. They are physically and/or mentally frail. They may not even remember your name. How could this happen? Growing up you never thought they ...
Views: 1170 - #8 - Hearing Their Words Of Joy - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken MatthiesSTAGES OF GRIEF HEALING Article Series “HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real-Life Storyteller Welcome back to the eighth in a series of ten special articles of homespun real-life talk about your grieving process. Today’s ...
Views: 1169 - Grieving Advice Tips - “The Importance of Listening to those in Grief” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller On a recent visit to the beauty of Southeast Alaska I was privileged to encounter an Elder of the Tlingit peoples who live there. He had recently lost his wife after many ...
Views: 1169 - Drumming At Green Lake - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2011 from Maureen Brennan MercierDrumming at Green Lake is such a wonderful experience. All of nature surrounds me as I sit close to the water, trees, birds, ducks, water lilies, turtles and a lone crane. Having no formal training in drumming and being a little shy, I prefer to go drumming at Green Lake away from the busy ...
Views: 1168(1 vote) - Soul Technology™: "From Grief...To Growth™" - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2008 from Aliah MaJonChanged Self: Is it possible that we can make POSITIVE changes within our selves and our reality even when life is challenging us the MOST or may seem like it is the hardest? Changed Circumstances: Do we have the ability to SHIFT our reality by taking a deeper look with the express intention of ...
Views: 1168 - This is What is Embedded Inside Fear and Regret - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2020 from Sheryl PaulThis is a story about what happens when we forget to make room for grief around transitions. It’s a story that illuminates the heart of a highly sensitive person, and how easy it is to overlook and minimize the tenderness of our hearts. It’s a story of remembering my own medicine, and how easy ...
Views: 1164 - Grieving Advice Tips - “Mixed-Status Families and their Grief” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller In today’s world of rapid change on all fronts the integrity of family units has not been exempt from the effects of those changes. This has resulted in ever greater ...
Views: 1159 - Helping The Bereaved Work Through Their Loss - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraThere will come a time in your life that you might be given the chance or opportunity to help or comfort somebody who has lost a loved one or even a beloved pet, work through their grief and loss. Treat the person who is experiencing grief and loss as you would also want to be treated if you ...
Views: 1159 - Relief After Loss? - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2008 from Martha ThayerI have talked with countless people who have felt a relief when their loved one died. Relief their loved one was no longer in pain, relief that they didn’t have to visit that nursing home anymore and all it entailed, relief that their loved one is “in a better place.” However, the partner to ...
Views: 1158 - Dancing With The Demon Of Loneliness - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2008 from Elaine WilliamsI've danced with him many times, a reluctant partner, my steps stumbling and my mind preoccupied. He came in persuasive and smooth, barely causing a ripple with his subtle entrance. Other times he visited boldly, making his presence well known. For me, dancing with the demon of loneliness ...
Views: 1149 - Grief And Loss: 10 Strategies To Help You Cope - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2007 from Lucie StorrsGrief is a personal experience, unique to each mourner and unique to each loss. Grief comes in waves, as times of peace and calm are suddenly shattered by overpowering emotion. The following strategies provide a few suggestions to help you ride out the waves as you cope with your grief. 1. Take ...
Views: 1147 - A Poetic Series - Grieving the Death of a Grown Child - "I Choose It Now" - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller This was my poem of decision – written in the realization that it was finally time for the ‘rubber to hit the road’ of my future life in a meaningful way despite the fact ...
Views: 1147 - From Victim to Survivor to Whole - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from Catie HayesA few weeks back, I rented a copy of 'Rachel Getting Married'. The movie as a whole was painfully fantastic, but one scene in particular resonated very strongly with me; it's message bouncing around my head for some time. catie hayes soapbox In the scene, the lead character, Kym, attends a ...
Views: 1146 - Grieving Advice Tips - “Let Your Little Light Shine” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller “This little light of mine…I’m gonna let it shine…” So go the words of a Sunday school song of ancient memory as I sit down to write this story – and in them I’m finding a ...
Views: 1145 - Stories of the Grieving Process After a Child Dies - “Anniversary Day Tremors of Change” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller One thing that seems certain about healing from grief as time passes is that it’s a process of change for those of us living in it. How the earthquakes of pain we feel in ...
Views: 1137 - ***Myths About Grief, Part 5 - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2009 from Sandy ClendenenSo far in this series of articles on the Myths of Grief we have discussed the following myths: 1) It just takes time. 2) Keep your grieving to yourself. 3) Put on a happy face. You'll feel better. 4) Be strong. Others are depending on you. We have explored how each of these ...
Views: 1132 - A Poetic Series - Grieving the Death of a Grown Child - "Reality" (A Daughter's Death) - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller This was a poem written in trembling anticipation of the second anniversary of her death due to arrive in its full force and fury the following day – a harsh truth about ...
Views: 1129 - Do You Have Kids That Are Grieving The Death Of A Pet? - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Christina GarrisonIf you have children that are grieving the death of a pet it is important to help them understand what they are experiencing. The first time anyone experiences grieving the death of a pet the feelings may be confusing. Of course the depth of emotions and feelings will be driven by the age of the ...
Views: 1129(5 votes) - Life After Divorce: 5 Tips to Help You Feel Normal Again - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2019 from Dixie SomersWhen the dust has settled on your divorce, you might wonder how to go about building a new life. While it's true that it takes time to start again after a divorce, there are things that you can do to help you feel normal again. Here are five tips to help you feel normal again after a divorce: ...
Views: 1127 - Grief Cannot Be Gotten Over--It Must Be Gotten Through - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2009 from Brian NicolettiThe first essay collection released by Dalton Publishing, Stricken: The 5,000 Stages of Grief is edited by award-winning authors Spike Gillespie (Pissed Off: On Women and Anger) and Katherine Tanney (Carousel of Progress). The book is a collection of essays on grief written by a variety of ...
Views: 1126 - #5 - Finding The ‘Light’ Of Your Love And Memories - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken MatthiesSTAGES OF GRIEF HEALING Article Series “HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller Welcome back to the fifth in a series of ten special articles of homespun real-life talk about the issues surrounding ...
Views: 1125 - Grieving Advice Tips - “The Floodwaters of Grieving” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller How often in the midst of your loss, grief and bereavement have you found yourself feeling as though you were about to drown in sorrow, not knowing what direction to reach ...
Views: 1125 - Stories of the Grieving Process After a Child Dies - “How Memorial Symbols Can Help You Heal from Grief” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller In the early days of grief amid the numbness and shock of loss the thought of memorial symbols is not yet a part of your grieving or healing process. But there comes a ...
Views: 1125 - Navigating Grief with Help from a Rescue Pet - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2020 from Carol NovelloThe shape bereavement takes is unique to each person experiencing it. It depends greatly on who (or what) you lost and how you lost them. It cuts deeper and can be more difficult to process when a death is sudden, when someone takes their own life, or when you lose a child or the person (or ...
Views: 1121 - The Dead or the Past: Speaking No Ill - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Sara DillingerDe mortuis nil nisi bonum Wow, Latin. I hope you are sufficiently impressed. Ideas just sound better – or look better in writing – when they are expressed in Latin. The dead language gives the simplest thought a gravitas that it wouldn’t have in English. In fact, I have a slim volume ...
Views: 1121(1 vote) - The Other Face of Catastrophe - by Submitted on May 28, 2011 from Laurie PappasDisaster happens! Severe tornadoes and the Mississippi River flooding are the latest in a long line of environmental catastrophes. Lost or damaged homes, human life, possessions and crops have, once again, brought despair to human beings who urgently need a way to cope with the adversity that ...
Views: 1121(1 vote) - On Becoming A Widow - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2008 from Elaine WilliamsI became a widow at forty-seven years of age. I'd always thought my husband and I would be together forever, or at least a lot longer than the twenty years we had. In that time frame we had three boys, who at the time of his passing were eleven, eighteen and nineteen years of age. When the ...
Views: 1118 - Anticipatory Grief and On-going Sadness for Caregivers - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2007 from Judy WrightAnticipatory Grief and On-going Sadness for Caregivers © Judy H. Wright, 2005 www.ArtichokePress.com In 1969, Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross published On Death and Dying and later went on to launch the Hospice movement in America. Even though her studies focused more on those who were dying than ...
Views: 1115(2 votes) - ***Myths About Grieving, Part 4 - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2009 from Sandy ClendenenThis is the fourth article in a series of 8 articles about some of the prevalent myths that can keep grievers stuck in their grief much longer than necessary. The myth we will focus on in this article is: "Be strong. Others are depending on you." This myth can be a real energy drainer. What ...
Views: 1111 - Effective Tips To Grief Recovery - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraGrief and loss recovery requires no method or order. It really depends on the individual, their social background or environment, their emotional strength at the time of their loved one’s passing and it also depends on how they died or what kind of grief. So here we have some sensible ideas of ...
Views: 1109(2 votes) - How Could You buy Medical Marijuana card Bonita springs - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2020 from MyFloridaGreen GreenWhat is medical marijuana Bonita springs and why is it so popular? Medical marijuana Bonita springs are needed for several purposes in Bonita springs and there are several good uses of it. You can use this drug as a basic requirement for several medicines which are being used in treating ...
Views: 1109 - Grieving Advice Tips - “The Powerful Role of the Spiritual in Healing from Grief” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller For many people dealing with issues of loss, grief and bereavement there’s also a spiritual aspect which can play a powerful role in their healing and recovery. Within ...
Views: 1108 - #7 - Feeling The Touch Of Their Spirit - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken MatthiesSTAGES OF GRIEF HEALING Article Series “HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real-Life Storyteller Welcome back to the seventh in a series of ten special articles of homespun real-life talk about your grieving process. Today’s ...
Views: 1099 - Ways of Coping with Grief - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Margit Cathrine MollerDeath is the ultimate equalizer. It doesn’t excuse anybody. No matter what your economic status is, no matter how intelligent you are, whatever your race, religion, gender, age, or educational attainment is, sooner or later, someone you love will die. Loss is a universal tragedy. And there is ...
Views: 1097(1 vote) - Grieving Advice Tips - When Death Hurts, an Uplifting Perspective - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller My wife came home from the office last week with a discovery from among her filing which has brought me much comfort as the still healing father, son, brother and friend ...
Views: 1096 - Helping the Cancer Patient - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2011 from Pam BrownWhen someone you know is diagnosed with cancer, it really can affect your world just as much as theirs. If this person is close to you, it can be especially hard. Sure this is their life we are talking about, but for their close friends and family there is a time where you too will have to come ...
Views: 1096(1 vote) - Loss: Can The Need To Be Loyal Stop Someone From Being Able To ‘Move On’? - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2019 from Oliver JR CooperIt could be said that the loss of a loved one is one of the hardest things to experience on this earth. This can relate to a family member, a partner, a friend, and even a pet. When this takes place, someone can end up being mentally, emotionally and physically floored. It can be as if their ...
Views: 1095 - Feel pain, heal and find love for the lost one - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2015 from Gordana StankovicI wanted to write this particular blog for two reasons. One is as a memory of my loving mum who died almost 6 years ago. And the second is to share my process of grieving, what I've learned from it and how it's helped my inner growth with hope that my story may also help others who are going ...
Views: 1092 - Dealing With The Loss Of A Loved One - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2011 from Adam BenedettoWhen we lose someone close to our heart we let go of a part of ourselves. In order to deal with heartache and loss we close ourselves off. By protecting ourselves at a time of deep grief and sadness we seek solace by not being present. How can one process something so big, so hurtful? How ...
Views: 1089(1 vote) - A Poetic Series - Grieving the Death of a Grown Child - "A Father's Hope" - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller Written a month and a half after my daughter died, the poem you'll read below was a last ditch effort to hang onto my spiritual faith before I descended in a deep spiral ...
Views: 1088 - Eight Tips to Get Through the Holidays after a Loved One Dies - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2009 from Brian NicolettiThe holidays are not necessarily a happy, merry time - especially for people whose loved one has died during the past year, or even the past several years. In fact, if you're one of multi-millions of people who suffer such a loss each year, the holidays tend to increase the feelings of grief and ...
Views: 1088 - Writing And Delivering A Eulogy - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraA eulogy is typically delivered as a speech at a funeral ceremony. It’s at once something personal and a method of involving all of those present in reminiscing some of the good things about the life of someone who has already passed away. Maybe the best and the most effective way to begin ...
Views: 1087 - How to Survive a Strong Storm - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Nelson BerryBy The Pioneer of Subliminal Messages Online. You do not want to get caught in the middle of a perfect storm. This natural calamity can be very disastrous but more so if you experience it completely unprepared. To make sure you can improve your chances of surviving, take note of the ...
Views: 1086(1 vote) - The Marker Stones of Grief – How Long Should it Last? - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller Every single person experiencing the pain of grief would like to know that there’s a hard and fast rule that can tell you when you can expect the pain to go away so your ...
Views: 1085 - The Most Powerful Medicine to Soothe a Rupture of Anxiety - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2019 from Sheryl PaulLife moves along in flows and eddies. The more you attend to your inner world and heal the long-standing and deep-seated pain and trauma that live at the root of intrusive thoughts, the longer the stretches of eddies and the time you’ll stand amongst the reeds, flowing with the small moments of ...
Views: 1084 - #1 - Connections That Help You Heal - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken MatthiesTHE STAGES OF GRIEF HEALING Article Series “HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller If you’re reading this article I’ve got good reason to believe parts of you are still flaming with the pain of your own loss. ...
Views: 1079 - Loss - An Ayurvedic Perspective - by Distraught with grief over the loss of her grandson and only remaining family, a 70-year old Indian lady and devotee of Lord Buddha, sought the audience of Lord Buddha to bring her grandson back to life. The grandson had been young, healthy, and deeply loved by the old woman, yet in one instant ...
Views: 1079 - ***Myths About Grief--Part 2 - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2009 from Sandy ClendenenIn the previous article I shared with you one of the most prevalent myths encountered by grievers; namely,"...it just takes time to heal grief." I explained how this myth, along with many others, have been passed down from generation to generation, and how these myths are assumed to be factual ...
Views: 1075 - #3 - Letting Go Of The Pain And Torment - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken MatthiesSTAGES OF GRIEF HEALING Article Series “HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller Welcome back to the third in a series of ten special articles of homespun real-life talk about grief – and how you can begin to ...
Views: 1074 - ***What to do with Wedding Rings - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2009 from John AOVOne of the big questions which comes to mind when you lose your spouse is whether or not you wish to remove your rings. You may also question when is the appropriate time to remove your rings. And you may also hear advice from family and friends about how to handle these deeply personal ...
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