Coping with loss Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Karin Sieger

Letter to my dead therapist

5th August 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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The death of a therapist, coach or mentor – how to cope.

5th August 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 goodbye. I know. [READ MORE]

How to mend a broken heart

2nd August 2019 Karin Sieger

A broken heart can hurt like no other pain. Psychotherapist Karin Sieger explains how to mend a broken heart. [READ MORE]

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Coping with the death of your soul mate

26th July 2019 Karin Sieger

Coping with the death of a soul mate can be hard, whatever the nature and length of the relationship. Because it can feel like something inside of us has died alongside the other. Because death leaves us craving. As [READ MORE]

How to cope with pet grief.

22nd June 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]

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This week on ‘Soul Cravings’

17th June 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]

Why I wish my father had talked tom e about death and dying (c) KarinSieger.com

Why I wish my father had taught me about death and dying

29th October 2018 Karin Sieger

Parents can teach us a lot of lessons. Not all are helpful. But there is one lesson I wish my father had taught me before he died. Recently my mother told me about an episode that happened when I [READ MORE]

Body Donation – a gift with emotional hurdles.

29th October 2018 Karin Sieger

We all benefit from medical training that includes the study of real bodies. Yet the emotional hurdles of body donation for donors, their families and medical staff are not insignificant. Nevertheless, I consider donating my body and here is [READ MORE]

Coping with grief anniversaries (c) KarinSieger.com

Grief anniversaries are not always easy, but necessary and can be helpful.

29th October 2018 Karin Sieger

How can we turn grief anniversaries into a source of personal focus and strength? We all have grief anniversaries, and the older we get the more we accumulate. Grief anniversaries are those dates in the calendar of our life, [READ MORE]

When the dying do not want to talk about dying or say good-bye

21st August 2018 Karin Sieger

Not everyone who has the chance will want to talk about dying, or say good-bye when it is their own impending death. This is not easy either for those who want to say good-bye. Here is what happened to [READ MORE]