Bereavement Articles
The last decade has seen a new way of mourning the passing of those we love and care for in the form of the social and psychological phenomenon of ‘online mourning’. And it’s gone much further then just Facebook and Twitter condolences. Websites have popped up that offer anything from online memorial services, in the...
All too often in Western culture death is looked on as a horrific event only to be discussed if absolutely necessary. But death is a part of life and we do have the choice to talk about the loss of a loved one with openness, honesty, kindness, and compassion. While anger and sadness are inevitable emotions...
Dealing with the death of a child is something we all hope to never have to face. For those of us who must, it can be a battle between coping with our own devastating grief and the struggle to know how best to deal with our surviving children. While it’s easy to just hope that children are resilient, and in some ways of course they...
Bereavement, mourning and loss are a minefield of emotions that cannot be always be predicted. We examine some typical symptoms of bereavement....
Losing someone is typically one of the most emotionally intense experiences that occurs in our lifetime, so it is understandable why so many try to avoid this painful set of emotions. Yet, when we avoid our natural emotions that arise when we lose someone we care about, we are faced with consequences, such as...
Bereavement is the feeling of grief when we lose someone or something close to us. Death and loss are an inevitable part of life; shock, numbness, anger and sadness form part of the natural grieivng process....
