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]
Living in peace is an attitude and way of life, which can help us live well and with purpose, even during difficult times. It means we are at peace with who we are and have developed positive coping mechanisms for times of personal crisis. What is the “living in peace” attitude? And how does it work? [READ MORE]
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]
When I saw my old clothes in the second-hand charity shop my heart cried. Old memories and feelings started flooding back, and I even felt disloyal. Had the decluttering gone too far? Are you good at decluttering or do [READ MORE]
Cancer infertility can happen as a side effect of cancer treatment, regardless of your gender. What if cancer infertility happens at a time in our lives, when due to age, we may have already decided not to have any [READ MORE]
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]
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]
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]
You may know the feeling, wanting someone to be close to you, but from a safe distance. We humans are relational beings. We need closeness, but we also need to feel safe. And sometimes we are afraid that closeness [READ MORE]
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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