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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]

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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]

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Coping with loss during festive seasons and holidays

10th December 2018 Karin Sieger

Loss and endings happen all the time. But parting with someone or something during a festive season or holiday can be particularly hard. Because we may feel even more alone. How can we cope with grief during such a time? Coming to an end. Good-bye to [READ MORE]

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

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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]

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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

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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]

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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]

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Missing a funeral and finding closure another way

4th August 2018 Karin Sieger

When you miss a funeral,you need to find another way to get closure. Here is what happened to me. I had found myself standing at 6am somewhere in Outer London, all psyched up for a funeral. Ready to make [READ MORE]

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When you can no longer explain, ask why or say goodbye

26th February 2018 Karin Sieger

Within hours of hearing that his long-term friend was dying, the late Leonard Cohen sent Marianne Ihlen a letter. What when people die before we can explain, ask why or say goodbye? Talking about dying Talking about death and dying is [READ MORE]

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Your death touches my mortality

31st December 2016 Karin Sieger

The death of people we do not know personally can still affect us in many ways. It can touch our mortality. The death of the BBC’s Komla Dumor, aged 41, in January 2014 affected me in many ways. And [READ MORE]