According to the Swiss-American psychiatrist Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, individuals cope with grief in five stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. This theory has since been adapted and now includes seven stages,…
Grief & Financial Stress: Managing the Practical Challenges of Loss, Grief & Trauma
Dealing with loss is a deeply challenging time in anyone’s life. While you may wish to shut out the world and focus on your healing, there are often many obstacles…
Creative Outlets for Grieving Children – Art, Play, & Expression
Unfortunately, grieving is a natural part of our lives. Grieving is a complicated process for anyone to navigate – and that process can be even more challenging for children. Children’s…
When a Child Chooses to Estrange: Is There Hope For Reconciliation
The estrangement between parents and children happens due to several reasons and can range from mistreatment/abuse, disagreements about the past, traumatic experiences or incompatible views. This can be from either…
Navigating the Emotional Rollercoaster of Breakup Grief: Understanding the Stages
Breakup Grief IS Grief—Full Stop. If you are like me, you might question how a breakup could feel so unbelievably painful. “Breakups happen every day. There’s simply no way this…
The Loss Of A Parent: Finding Ways To Cope
Our parents do not need to be biological to be considered “mother” and “father”. Our parents can be both biological or non-biological, and still mean the world to us. With…
Understanding Anticipatory Grief and Caregiver Burnout
Caregiving is a rewarding experience for those who enjoy caring for others. As a career it is rewarding and as a helpful choice by a loved one, it is an…
Memorializing Your Pet
Creative Ways To Honor and Remember Them Pets aren’t just like family, they are family – and losing them can cause as much grief as losing a close friend or…
Substance Abuse as a Response to Grief & Loss
Losing someone close to you is devastating, and brings some of the most raw and painful emotions in the human psyche to the surface, which can be incredibly hard to…
Journaling Through Grief
How Writing Can Aid in Healing Grief, with its myriad forms, infiltrates our lives unexpectedly, like a relentless tide eroding the shores of our existence. It manifests through the loss…
