Bereavement Articles
Is a fear of losing loved ones always on your mind? Are you worried about losing a parent, or a a partner dying? Is a fear of losing loved ones normal? Yes, it’s normal to not want the people we love to die. We enjoy their company, and know life would be very different without...
The only thing that is guaranteed in life is that one day we will die. It’s a sobering thought, and it’s also a subject that we still seem to find taboo. And even more so when it comes to talking to children about death and dying. Writer and mother of four Stephanie Nimmo experienced a...
Grief and loss are things that not one of us can avoid. But there can be a lot of misunderstanding around the subject. What myths about grief and loss are best debunked? 1. Grief is for adults. Not at all. It’s not even just for humans (elephants, for example, have very exact grief rituals). Children...
Yes, we all at some point lose someone we love. So we should all be able to handle and understand grief, right? Not so fast. Grief is far from straightforward. Read on for the truth about grief that might help you be easier on yourself if you have experienced a recent loss. 5 Crucial Truths...
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...
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...
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....
