Grief can be so unpredictable and this makes things difficult to figure out which stage of grief you are in, how long you will be there, and what to do now. Let's start off with the stages of grief just as a review so you know what they are and what they ...
Some tips to staying healthy through the grieving period are: Do something creative. Expressing your feelings in a creative manner can help you to move through them more effectively – write, scrapbook, paint or get involved in a cause that honors the memory of your loved one. Allowing yoursel...
It’s a sure bet that members of your team are grieving on unacknowledged levels—the potential sources of human loss are as varied as people themselves. Enthusing to your team about how great you feel to give up commuting, for example, is a giant stop sign ...
Flowing on from this is the topic of how we can help someone who is grieving. When someone we know is grieving, our natural human instinct is to try to cheer them up because we don’t want to see our nearest and dearest in pain. However, in essence, what we are actually doing is ...
Tempesta, Daniella, LCSW.“The Perils of Platitudes–What Not To Say To Someone Who Is Grieving (And What You Can Do Instead!)” HuffPost News, June 4, 2016. Accessed June 14, 2019. Medical Disclaimer The Recovery Village aims to improve the quality of life for people struggling with sub...
Your best friend is grieving. Doesn’t shedeserve your compassion? And by the way, by best friend I mean you. You are grieving, and you need to treat yourself with compassion. How do I know? Because in November of 2014, my mother died and then five days later my husband died. I ha...
Rather than say, “how are you?” to me or to someone who’s grieving or facing hardship, say “how are you today?” It’s that one little word, but it changes, because what it communicates is “I know you’re struggling to get through the day.” ...
Most students, young and old, will, unfortunately, experience tragedy, and you may not always know how to deal with the situation. There is no one answer when comforting grieving students. But there are some guidelines you can follow to approach each situation properly. ...
4.“I know what you’re going through.” Do youreally? Have you been through the same set of circumstances, with all the same dynamics that this person has? Or are you unwittingly projecting your own experiences onto theirs? It’s important to be present with your loved one’s ex...
It requires someone to care enough to put aside cliche condolences and stick close through a long grieving process. An individual's grief can never be 'fixed'. But friends can wash a sink full of dishes, listen, go along on a cemetery visit. Sharing another's grief is not about 'fixing...