Coping with loss Archives - Karin Sieger, Therapist & Writer

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Coping with loss

This week on ‘Soul Cravings’

26th May 2019 Karin Sieger

Pets can be part of our family or the family we don’t have. When illness and loss happen preparing and coping with pet grief is essential. Join me for this week’s edition of my 20min online talk series, Soul [READ MORE]

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Coping with loss

When my friend died, she gave me a gift, that changed my life

5th May 2019 Karin Sieger

When my friend was dying, I lost my voice. I was left speechless with grief. Not literally, but I might as well have been. [READ MORE]

Coping with loss

A broken heart can be a pain like no other

14th April 2019 Karin Sieger

A broken heart can hurt like no other pain, and it can be hard to mend. Some people can live with a broken heart all of their life, others find it near impossible. The impact can be emotional and [READ MORE]

Coping with loss

How to cope with pet grief.

6th April 2019 Karin Sieger

Pet grief can be as painful and complex as the grief we may feel for a human being. How to deal with that and the dilemma many of us may dread – whether to have our pets put to sleep, [READ MORE]

Coping with loss

Dear Karin – My friend is dying and wants me to be there

2nd April 2019 Karin Sieger

Dear P. I am sorry to hear about your best friend’s cancer diagnosis and that she is dying. In the interest of time, I don’t want to delay my response. As friends we may feel part of our [READ MORE]

Coping with loss

Dear Karin: I can’t grieve for my father or forgive my mother for missing him.

26th February 2019 Karin Sieger

Dear Karin, Recently my father died. He had made our lives hell. As the eldest child, I had taken it upon myself to protect my mother and siblings from him. My mother never left him. I cannot grieve for [READ MORE]

When someone else dies of cancer (c) KarinSieger.com

Coping with cancer

How to keep going when someone else dies of cancer

21st February 2019 Karin Sieger

If you are affected by cancer (whether you have been diagnosed, treated, or a relative, friend), then you will know how painful it can be, when someone else dies of cancer. How can we honour the pain of the [READ MORE]

About Therapy

Letter to my dead therapist

19th January 2019 Karin Sieger

A letter to my dead therapist was one way of coping with his sudden death, when there was no chance to say good bye, no place to go to grief, no-one to talk to. The death of a therapist can [READ MORE]

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About Therapy

The death of a therapist, coach or mentor – how to cope.

1st January 2019 Karin Sieger

The death of a therapist, coach or mentor can be hard to cope with, especially if you have established a close bond, if the death is sudden and if there was no shared ending – no good bye. I [READ MORE]

Coping with loss

Bereavement – What to expect. What to do.

26th December 2018 Karin Sieger

What does bereavement feel like, emotionally and physically, and how can you help yourself during that time? Bereavement happens to us all, and is not necessarily related to death (our own or someone else’s), but to situations and experiences coming to an [READ MORE]