Grief Recovery – Are My Emotions Normal, Healthy Or Sane?
By Glynis Sherwood -
People often worry about their emotional responses to grief, and ask me if what they are feeling is normal, healthy or sane. The answer is almost always yes.
Therapy For Grief
Whenever life presents us with an obstacle we have three different courses of action. We can either quit, camp or climb. This works with all levels of adversity, and is something that makes the difference in how we live our lives and our levels of successes.
Healing With Laughter With 5 Ideas and a List of Suggestions From Facebook
As I was writing this article to discover and encourage more laughter for healing, I posted a question on Facebook: When you are transforming grief, what makes you laugh?
What to Give in Sorrow
When my mother-in-law passed away a couple of years ago we were flooded with condolences from family and friends. We were overwhelmed by support and love which helped us get through a very difficult time. She died in January, on New Years eve, to be exact.
I’d Rather Be Anywhere Than Here
Apparently, there are five stages in the grieving process, and it seems I’ve entered in to the fourth, and, by all accounts, the worst stage. Depression. All consuming, mind, body and soul destroying depression.
Grief Transformation – Healing With Laughter Part 1
Laughter can support the healing process and lift us up. You may not think of laughter as a way to transform grief because the natural reaction is tears and sadness. One purpose of laughter is to release grief from your physical body. You can support your healing by immersing yourself in opportunities to laugh or embrace them when they happen spontaneously.
You Have Every Right to Feel the Way You Do
As human beings we all have the right to feel the way we feel. Happiness, anger, sadness, whatever the emotion may be you have a right to every one of them. Emotions aren’t necessarily bad or good. They are just, well, emotions, so don’t try to hide them.
Grieving – How Grief Counseling Can Help
The expression “good grief” appears to be an oxymoron. In the grieving process, the grief seems anything but good. The expression is one of shock or disbelief which has everything to do with the beginning stages of grief.
Coping With Grief When Others Are Ready For You to Move On
If you have lost someone dear to you, you may still be in the middle of profound grief while your friends, family, and others may be ready for you to “move on.” How do you deal with this huge gap that develops between you, the one on the grief journey, and others who are looking at you from the outside?
A Personal Story of Grieving – Spreading the Ashes of a Deceased Loved One is Another Step in Grief
Deciding when to release the ashes of a loved one is a step in the process of grieving. This article is a personal story about two of my loved ones who were cremated. I share this as an example of the infinite possibilities of deciding to release or keep the ashes.
