It has never been my intention to become a professional widow—which, I'm discovering, is actually a bit tricky because the majority of my work these days is centered on death, dying, and grief. I have ...
PHOENIX — After losing her baby, a husband, her father, her home and her job, a Scottsdale mom has found a new life as a grief recovery counselor. “I got into grief recovery reluctantly, like most ...
Freud got one important thing wrong about grief. I discovered this when my experiences as a mourner did not always jive with what I had been taught as a social worker and practiced as a therapist.
Allison De Paoli was sleeping about eight to 10 hours a night, but the founder of Altique Consulting couldn't figure out why she was tired all the time. Deep in the throes of a grieving process from ...
A decade later, she spoke to me about her grief in metaphors, as something ongoing rather than completed, a process that had shifted shape over time but had not ended. Ella’s experience is not unusual ...
There’s no 'right' way to grieve, but here are symptoms to look out for.
The loss of a loved one is devastating and dealing with the grief is a complex process, but two sisters who’ve both been touched by tragedy are on a mission to help others heal their hearts Erica ...
NORMAL — As a certified life coach helping people to find direction in their lives, Normal resident Sharyl Jennings "kept seeing people who would get stuck." She found that many of those people were ...
LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - Around 6 million children in the U.S. will experience the death of a parent or sibling before the age of 18, according to the nonprofit National Alliance for Children’s Grief.
On Nov. 19, I reached 18 years of sobriety. It looks neat when written as a number, but it represents anything but a neat journey. Thanksgiving has always been a complicated season for me. It has ...
Memorial Presbyterian Church is offering a Grief Recovery Group that meets weekly on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. from Nov. 12 to Jan. 21, excluding Nov. 26, Dec. 24, and Dec. 31. All who are experiencing ...