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Grief Messages for Enneagram Types
A little wisdom can go a long way... The Enneagram is a powerful tool for self-understanding, healing, and even growth during times of change, loss & mourning. We are whoever we are in the good times, and in the bad. How we live and love is often reflected in how...
Normal Grief Reactions
The vast, contrasting experiences of change are sometimes overwhelming. “I feel as if it isn’t real.” “My mood changes over the slightest things.” “I feel so relieved.” “I never knew it would hurt so bad!” “Why do I feel out of control.” “I’m so lonely.” “I don’t...
What is Grief?
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Mother’s Day Loss
As a psychotherapist often working with those in grief, I observe some intricacies of how holidays can be challenging. Mother’s Day can be especially complex. Some folks will celebrate with brunch and flowers, as they enjoy a close or amicable relationship with their...
Correcting Sleep Disruption after the Loss of a Loved One
This post is contributed and authored by Sara Bailey. Read more about Sara at TheWidow.net. Thank you, Sara! It is common for grief to cause sleep issues including insomnia. While it may seem like a harmless symptom, the truth is that sleep deprivation can have a...
Art Therapy: Kinesthetic Healing Through Creation
Contributed and authored by Isabelle Powell. Many thanks! "Grief and art are similar in that they both elicit physical energy. Neither grief, nor art-making, are linear, but more spatial matrices”, explains Rachael Morgan, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), MA,...
Making Decisions While Feeling Upset After Loss
How are you at making up your mind? This post is for anyone who struggles with procrastination, commitments, motivation, or making decisions...especially while experiencing an emotional “slump,” or what may be stealth grief. First, put simply, grief is a result of...
Emotions: What Are They Trying to Tell You?
Be confused, it’s where you begin to learn new things. Be broken, it’s where you begin to heal. Be frustrated, it’s where you start to make more authentic decisions. Be sad, because if we are brave enough we can hear our heart’s wisdom through it. Be whatever you are...
The Underrated Heartache
they did not tell me it would hurt like this no one warned me about the heartbreak we experience with friends where are the albums i thought there were no songs sung for it i could not find the ballads or read the books dedicated to writing the grief we fall into when...
Radical Acceptance
I learned the term radical acceptance when I was facilitating a Dialectical Behavior Therapy group with woman in early recovery from addiction. Asking the women to fully accept the reality of their situation seemed like a terrible thing to ask of them, because it...