Living with Endings
When my friend died, she gave me a gift, that changed my life
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]
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Cancer Feelings
How to keep going when someone else dies of cancer
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]
Changing and Inspiring
How to turn feeling hopeless into hope
Feeling hopeless is human. It is a very dark and destructive place to be. How can you turn feeling hopeless into hope? If you read this you might hope to find some hope. And if you have not yet [READ MORE]
Cancer Feelings
Talking about cancer diagnosis – is it ok with you?
Talking about cancer diagnosis – Helpful, or not? What to do? Many people affected by cancer struggle with how to communicate about what is happening. When is the right time? How do you do it? Do you tell everybody [READ MORE]
Living with Endings
When the dying do not want to talk about dying or say good-bye
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]
Living with Endings
Missing a funeral and finding closure another way
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]
Living with Endings
Grief anniversaries are not always easy, but necessary and can be helpful.
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]
Living with Endings
How to cope with pet grief. An interview with TV’s Vet on the Hill, Dr Scott Miller.
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]
Changing and Inspiring
Body Donation – a gift with emotional hurdles.
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]
Living with Endings
Bereavement – What to expect. What to do.
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]