Something to Think About

I think a big part of grieving is loneliness. Loneliness for our person who has left us but also aloneness in our day to day activities...

What do I, the sufferer, want from you then, if “how are you?” doesn’t work?

It is a challenging part of life, both emotionally and physically, to figure out how to live productively when this person is no longer with us...

This is another aspect of grief I didn’t know until now that I am living it. Who am I if I am only one? What have I wanted to do...

I’ve noticed people are hesitant to talk about the person that died or use their name...

Grief is like an open wound. When we healthcare workers experience a personal loss, every patient scrapes open our own wound of personal grief.  

We in health care, enter a family's life at a challenging, sad and fearful time. It is our acts of thoughtfulness that will be remembered and provide comfort.

We tend to play the “elephant in the room” game at the mention of our missing loved one. “If we don’t talk about how sad we are feeling we won’t...

This is where bereavement support groups come in. Support groups are for anyone experiencing a death. The groups are not for just those people having challenges in dealing with their...

Unresolved grief is not having figured out how to go on living after the death of a loved one. There are a lot of reasons why this happens. Here are...