Articles tagged with: journal
In 2007, when I was devastated by the deaths of four loved ones, I looked for new ways to cope with grief. Though I had good coping skills, nothing had prepared me for multiple losses. …
I embraced it; I loathed it. It was a cloth bound book with blue and red swirled flowers on the cover. Inside were the raw words from my heart and soul.
Once it was filled with …
This is the 2nd article in a two-part series on how the act of writing can make us feel better when we are dealing with loss. Last month, we discussed journaling and its benefits. This …
The ceremony is over. The burial is complete. The concerns and dinners offered by others are less frequent now. The same old struggle greets each new day: how do you cope with loss while facing …
The only way to fully understand what your dreams are telling you is to observe them over time and slowly discover the landscape, the common themes and the inhabitants that populate your dream world.
Well, my uneducated response to a question like this would be, “Duh.” But, I have to admit, I would have no idea just how they’d be affected. A new study in The Journal of Child …
By Nina Bennett –
I was used to fixing the problems Timothy, my youngest son, encountered when he was a child. If his older brother knocked down his castle of blocks, I helped him rebuild it. …
By Harriet Hodgson –
A blank journal page or computer screen can be intimidating. But this thought did not enter my head after my daughter and father-in-law died the same weekend. Journaling was the only way …
By Sharon Greenlee –
It’s been over six months since my husband died and people still ask the question: ? “How are you doing?” ?
If you’ve lost a loved one, you’re familiar with that phrase.? I …
Beverly Chantalle McManus
My birthday took place a week after Steve died. Although I did not feel like celebrating, my family members thoughtfully brought some gifts over, one of which was a journal. At the time, …
By Joy Johnson –
Grief: the range of emotions or feelings we experience when someone we love dies.
Grief is the price we pay for loving.
If you are reading this, it’s likely you loved, and still love, …
By Debra Reagan –
There came a point in my grief over the death of my son Clint when I became so tired of being tired. I began to search for something that would offer a …
HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART
Surviving the Death by Suicide of a Sibling
Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley
With guest: Michelle Linn-Gust, M.S.
September 15, 2005
G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley. Welcome to Healing the Grieving Heart. …











