August 10, 2023 by Fred Colby
All four of these men are bringing increased attention to widowers and the many issues we face after losing our wives. Ricky Gervais’ popular “After Life” Netflix series dug deep into the painful side of what a new widower faces after losing his wife. Tom Hanks brought Fredrik Backman’s “A… Read More
March 27, 2023 by Kei Okada, MDiv, BCC
Spirituality and Grief We all live with loss experiences. We keep losing various things and people, while gaining new experiences, including the experiences of the losses. It affects, shakes, or moves our heart, mind and spirit deeply. How do we express such sensations, from which perceptions? We do have spiritual… Read More
March 27, 2023 by AJ Coleman
How A Widower Faced The Loss Of His Wife, Became A Single Parent and Mastered 5 Coping Steps To Move Towards Happiness As part of the senior year tradition, as a blurb for the high school yearbook, you’re often asked to speculate where you’ll be in… Read More
July 15, 2022 by Ryan Fitzgerald
Selling a house after the death of a loved one can be an overwhelming process. Not only do you have to deal with the emotional stress of losing someone you love, but you also have to take care of all the practical matters that come with… Read More
July 12, 2022 by Charles E. Schwartz, MD
How can grief affect alcohol and drug use Men who are grieving after the death of their spouses or other close relatives, are much more likely to run into major problems with alcohol and/or drug use. Grief causes terrible stress and unbearable pain from their loss. In their struggle to… Read More
May 4, 2022 by Isabel Melgarejo
Having a goal -a perspective from The Tidy Coach About a year ago I started working with the sweetest lady you can ever meet. She called me because she wanted to organize her whole residence in specific a room where her mom had lived several years until her passing. During… Read More
March 10, 2022 by Stanley Kissel, Ph.D.
What’s a path to hidden grief? Memories! Memories are a slippery slope. Holding on to your good memories is natural and healthy. However, allowing them to keep you tethered to the past is destructive. Grieving is a process which usually takes its course. It occurs over… Read More
August 6, 2020 by Herb Knoll
“How has everyone been dealing with the loneliness, especially in this socially distancing world?” Jeremy asked this question, a member of the Widowers Support Network– a ministry on Facebook for grieving men who have lost their soulmate. The responses to Jeremy’s question ranged from “It’s… Read More
May 13, 2020 by Stanley Kissel, Ph.D.
So how can you best support your grieving friend? How often have you heard someone say, “After Peggy died I wanted to call or visit Frank, but I just didn’t know what to say?” Unfortunately it happens too often. There is a time when just your presence is comforting and… Read More
February 11, 2020 by Herb Knoll
It depends on whom you ask. Interestingly, no question I have ever posed to members of our Men Only Facebook page (Widower’s Support Network – Members Only) have ever resulted in an as large number… Read More
