Coping with Grief

What to Expect When You Are Grieving

Deb Kosmer lists expectations for your journey through grief. by Deb Kosmer Expect the unexpected. Expect to be different than you were. Expect that life will be different. Your expecta...
By Deb Kosmer
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

Where Can I Take My Broken Heart?

Is there a car wash? A doctor? A pharmacist? A healing bed? What is there for a heart that has been torn apart? Our heart? Deb Kosmer, nurse, writer and grief facilitator, helps you find the a...
By Deb Kosmer
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

While in Grief, Music Will Calm Your Heart

Because your world has been turned topsy-turvy by the death of a loved one, it is very helpful to look for ways to calm the heart and spirit. Music is one way to do just that. It can uplift your so...
By Sherry Williams White
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

Your Attitude and Your Grief

Sherry Williams White, nurse, writer and grief specialist, shares with you her find on the world wide internet that explains grief is all about your ATTITUDE! Do you see your glass half full or hal...
By Sherry Williams White
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

Good Things Come from Leaky Buckets

How do we make good things out of bad? How do we look at the world? Can there be a brighter side even in our pain? This beautiful story demonstrates how important a positive attitude is in our ever...
By An enlightening story from the internet
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

A Groundhog's Shadow

Through the story of the Groundhog's Shadow, Ann Leach teaches you not to dig a hole and hide from your grief. Don't be like the groundhog and disappear when you feel threatened by your environment...
By Ann Leach
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

An Old Ritual for a New Tomorrow

In her article, Dr. Sandra Graves explains the importance of honoring your feelings gives you permission to embrace whatever ritual you may choose to express your mourning, acknowledge your ri...
By Sandra L. Graves, Ph.D., A.T.R.
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015
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Pathways to Peace

Richard Santore, author and editor, shares 10 suggestions or guideposts to help you find your way to hope, freedom and healing.  His coping strategies will give you peace of mind as you move t...

Role Model: How One Woman Lives Out the Role She Was Cast In

Rachael Zients, grieving child, mother, writer and grief specialist, shares the story about her Father's death and the book that her mother wrote about her after the death of her dad. Rachael share...

Single Again but Still a Parent

Being a single parent is not an easy job. It is even more difficult when your loved one has died and you are trying to deal with your own pain and grief as well as helping your children deal with t...

Survivors Include . . .

Louanne Stanton writes, "I was once told that grief is like an overwhelming wave that washes you from your familiar shore. This powerful and all-consuming force tumbles you in a suffocating en...

The Alzheimer's Challenge

Jessie Flynn, writer, Life-Coach, and grief specialist, shares a story of loving devotion, double loss and invaluable support as she tells the story of a families battle with alzheimers disease and...

The Fence

During grief, families often find themselves arguing over things that are just things. Susan Smith, editor and writer, tells a story about uniting two brothers and the power of forgiveness. Life is...

The Fern and the Bamboo

Sherry White shares a story that she received from a friend.  The original writer of this allegory is unknown but the simple truths in this story about "The Bamboo and the Ferm"  will war...