All of my clients want to know how to deal with their grief and the aim is often and understandably to stop the intense pain. Healthy grieving strategies If you have been reading up on it, you have found lists with healthy grief coping strategies, such as, for example: Sharing your feelings: Talking to friends […]
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‘I wish to be ok with it if for no other reason than I owed it to myself and I owed to my still-living children and those that care about me. Because they have a right to have a full and beautiful life, and having a mother that’s traumatised and overwhelmed by something that she
You and I are not as different as it might seem… I will never forget my father’s first words on January 19th, 2012 as I finally reached him: ‘You have got to be strong now.’ I knew what he was going to say next and I didn’t want to hear it. I didn’t want it
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Anniversaries, as you know, have a way of being remembered in the body way before they get consciously registered in the mind. It is as if our body remembers first. And, most important of all, EVERY BODY remembers differently because every body IS different. Is there a purpose in grieving 10 years later? … I
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Regulated Human beings have a nervous system. This nervous system comes into play on a daily basis. When a nervous system is regulated, blood flows naturally and effortlessly, moves into the higher-order part of our brain. In a regulated state, we have access to our social engagement function, creativity, higher-order problem solving, and complex perspective-taking
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There is a lot of stigma attached to depression and people suffering it themselves often think that there must be something wrong with them to be feeling that way and that they should be able to turn it around.
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If you have a family member dealing with dark moods or depression but you are not sure if it is serious enough to go and look for medical help, this article will clarify your observations and help you make the right decision.
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