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Guest Columns

Helping Bereaved Children Return to School

August 31, 2023 by Sherry R Schachter

Fall brings anticipation for children starting school. Some children may be excited to see their school friends and teachers they have missed, for others it, may be the anticipation of meeting new children. They may have mixed feelings. However, for children who may have recently lost a parent (or other… Read More

I Don’t Want to Heal!

August 23, 2023 by Fred Colby

Are you floating in a sea of grief with only a life vest of memories keeping you afloat? If you are not careful, that life vest can become a heavy weight of anger, regrets, and fear that drags you down into depression. Grief during the early stages can be both… Read More

Spirituality and Grief: Asking the right questions

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

5 Coping Steps To Move Towards Happiness

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

Guide to Selling a House After Death of a Loved One

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

Grief and Alcohol and Drug Use

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

Having a goal

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

Tethered To the Past (Hidden Grief)

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

The Dangers of Compound Isolation

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 almost… Read More