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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Regrets can shape us or break us. How to make peace with regrets.
Regrets – I have many. You probably too. Some I can live with more easily. Others keep me restless and breathless, with a lump in my throat and a racing heart. 1. Why are some regrets more difficult than others? And [READ MORE]
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]
About Relationships and Families
Fear of a relationship: Close to you from a distance
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]
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]
About Feelings
7 truths about loneliness
Sundays and Bank Holidays are the hardest [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]
Being in Therapy
Letter to my dead therapist
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]
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]