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Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Thursday, January 26, 2012,
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Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Tuesday, January 24, 2012,
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Have you been Widowed for 6 months or longer? Are you looking for support as you work through your grief and transition through your healing journey? Please join facilitator Carolyn Main for this unique group experience in February 2012.
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Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Thursday, January 19, 2012,
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Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Thursday, January 12, 2012,
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Grief Recovery
Are you a young widow who's thinking about dating & want to be sure you're ready?
Read on to discover 4 key steps to feeling confident about dating after Loss
The first critical step towards feeling confident about dating after loss is to understand WHY you want to date. In other words to get clear about your motivation and your values. This is important because it helps you to know what is driving you, what you need, and what is good for you at this particular point in your grief journey ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Tuesday, September 20, 2011,
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Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Friday, June 17, 2011,
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Grief Recovery
What Does Grief Recovery Mean Exactly?
There’s a saying in grief recovery that: 'It’s not that the boulder gets smaller, but that our shoulders get stronger'. To me what this points to is that grief can’t be ‘cured’. For in order to grief to be cured the loss would have to be erased, which is not possible. Grief is a response to the psychological ‘injury’ of loss. The pain of the injury can be healed, but leaves a scar. But if we grieve in a healthy fashion, our loss can... Continue reading ...
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Wednesday, June 8, 2011,
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Time plus ‘Right’ Action Helps to Heal the Pain of Grief
Distraction Does Not Equal Healing
The myth that those in grief should just stay busy is a lot like myth #1 - Time Heals All Wounds. And like that myth, staying busy in itself does not promote healing, just as time does nothing but pass unless you do something constructive with it. But grieving people often hear from other well intended people that if they stay active then grief won’t get a negative hold over their lives. Thi... Continue reading ...
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Monday, May 30, 2011,
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Putting Others Ahead Of Yourself While Grieving Is Simply the Wrong Order
The idea that you should be strong for others is another grief myth that tends to start in childhood, when we are taught that it is somehow more appropriate to put other’s needs ahead of our own. This myth is a double bind as it implies that we deny our own emotions while at the same time be sensitive to the feelings of others. This strikes me as an impossible and irrational feat. And rather than being noble or... Continue reading ...
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Tuesday, May 24, 2011,
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Grieving Alone – A Recipe For Loneliness & Isolation
Do grievers withdraw by nature or due to shame and stigma for feeling upset? The idea that you should grieve alone almost always comes from social taboos against expressing painful emotions in public. Unless those in grief choose to grieve alone, this myth keeps others comfortable, while doing nothing for the griever except adding loneliness to the already painful experience of loss. Much like Myth #2 – Don’t Feel Bad, the belief... Continue reading ...
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Saturday, May 7, 2011,
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You Can Always Get Another Husband, Baby, Pet, Job...
This is perhaps one of the cruelest myths – that somehow you can ‘replace’ the beloved person or thing whose loss is breaking your heart. It’s a myth that tends to be entirely socially perpetrated, rather than originating from grievers themselves who know in their hearts that a deeply meaningful bond cannot be filled in by a substitute. This myth is related to myth #2 – ‘Don’t feel bad’. It tends to start in childhood... Continue reading ...
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Tuesday, May 3, 2011,
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You Can’t Step Into The Same River Twice - Heraclitus
Grieving people often look at me with worried expressions and ask, “When will I be my old self again”. This is particularly the case if their grief has been going on for more than a couple of months. Grievers sometimes believe that according to some unspoken, unquestioned or unconscious social guidelines, they should be quickly stepping back into the same place in their lives they were before their loss. Sometimes this expect... Continue reading ...
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Thursday, April 14, 2011,
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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,
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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,
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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 ...
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Monday, March 21, 2011,
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Grief Recovery
What is legitimate grief? Who decides what losses we may rightly mourn, for what length of time and how? It is my belief that grief is in the eye of the beholder, meaning that as human beings we grieve in direct proportion to what the loss means to us. For one person, the loss of a job may be more painful than the loss of a spouse, or vice versa. For another person, they may mourn the death of a beloved pet for years, but not feel as troubled by a long term health problem. Society has un... Continue reading ...
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Monday, March 14, 2011,
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Grief Recovery
This article started as a much shorter post on my Blog “Recovery Matters” in February 2010. Chronic grief is a serious road block to mental health and happiness. Read on to learn how counselling can help you regain your psychological well being if you are stuck in “the pain that won’t go away”.
There's much debate in the research community about the usefulness of grief counselling. The debate revolves around whether grief counselling is necessary for recovery, or if it even does... Continue reading ...
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Sunday, February 13, 2011,
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Grief Recovery
Valentines can be a bitter sweet day as we remember loved ones who have died and special times in our lives that will never be again. My Valentine's post is by guest author Alicia King. Alicia has written a loving and tender tribute to her relationship with her father, reminding those who are grieving that love has a timeless quality that lives on in our hearts.
Daddy's Girl
I admit it. I was always a daddy's girl. Don't get me wrong. I was very close to my mom, too. I was lucky. ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Thursday, February 10, 2011,
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Grief Recovery
Folks in the Vancouver area are invited to attend a Book Launch by local author Cathy Sosnowsky.
Cathy will be reading from her new book Snapshots, which documents her journey as
a bereaved parent coming to terms with multiple family losses.
Cathy Sosnowsky grew up and studied in Vancouver, B.C., and went on to teach at the University of British Columbia and at Langara College. Her specialty was English literature, but she was also instrumental in establishing courses in Film Studies ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Tuesday, February 1, 2011,
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Grief Recovery
There's much debate in the academic research community regarding the usefulness of grief counselling. The debate seems to revolve around whether grief counselling is necessary for recovery, or if it even does any good. There seems to be some agreement that for 'normal' grief, counselling isn't required for healing to take place. Healing tends to happen on its own, over time. However, most researchers agree that normal grievers can receive valuable support, understanding and normalization ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Friday, January 14, 2011,
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Grief Recovery
Today's post is provided by Vancouver BC financial advisor/planner and former counsellor Tracy Theemes. Tracy applies her understanding of the process of grief to the work she does assisting women emerging from divorce and other losses to attain financial empowerment.
One afternoon last week two women came in for appointments.* Both used a fair amount of Kleenex wiping their tears. This is not unusual in itself. I do not exaggerate when I say that I go through a box of Kleenex a month in my o... Continue reading ...
Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Monday, August 23, 2010,
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Grief Recovery
As a grief recovery counsellor, one of the most common questions I get asked is, “Are my emotions normal?”. And sometimes people worry, “Am I going crazy?”. Read on to learn more about common emotional responses to grief and loss, and what you can do to recover from this painful experience.
People often worry about their emotional responses to grief, and ask me if what they are feeling is normal, healthy or sane. The answer is almost always yes. Emotional responses to loss can... Continue reading ...
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