Browsing Archive: April, 2011
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Monday, April 25, 2011,
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Bereavement
By Ellen Gould-Ventura
I feel great pleasure and gratitude to be able to present this guest Blog post by musician Ellen Gould-Ventura. Ellen was unable to be with her mother, Hetty Ventura, at the time of her death in 2002. But Ellen brought her mother’s ashes home, and created a unique and beautiful ritual involving her young children to help process her grief and honor her mother’s roots in southern Spain. She has written a sensitive and moving chronicle of her grief recovery journe...
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Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Thursday, April 21, 2011,
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Bereavement
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Thursday, April 14, 2011,
In :
Grief Recovery
Don't feel bad = Don't feel what you are feeling:
A Cautionary Tale
This article is the second in a series of posts that look at popular myths of grief recovery. Myth #1 looked at the erroneous but widespread notion that 'time heals all wounds'. Today's post examines the myth that you shouldn't or don't have to feel bad after a major loss. To a large extent the myths of grief recovery reflect a lack of knowledge about the process of grief and the needs of grieving people. But like many myth... Continue reading ...
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Monday, April 11, 2011,
In :
Grief Recovery
Time doesn't heal all wounds - it just passes. It's what you do with time that makes the difference in healing from grief!
I often hear from people in the early stages of grief - i.e. less than a year - who express fear that their grief is not resolving. They are concerned that weeks and months have gone by and they are still in pain, or possibly feeling worse, and are not over it like they 'should' be. On top of the pain of grief, many folks feel afraid that their grief is unhealthy, or ...
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Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Tuesday, April 5, 2011,
In :
Grief Recovery
Death and other forms of loss at best challenge and at worst violate our world view. To some extent we all get up each day assuming that the world is a relatively safe and predictable place - that our loved ones, our health and our work will continue to be there for us. Loss - especially sudden or catastrophic loss - confronts these beliefs, and we can feel profoundly upset and anxious having our 'assumptive world' disturbed. Human beings have a tendency to disbelieve or dismiss those eve... Continue reading ...
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