10 Tips To Personalize A Funeral
Ease Your Loss With These Tips To Personalize A Funeral Family members and friends never forget the love when you personalize a funeral. Losing a loved one is never easy. Whether they’ve succumbed to all long-term illnesses or health conditions or they’ve been taken unexpectedly, the grieving process is hard and all-consuming. You can leave […]
What Is Unresolved Grief
Unresolved Grief Makes Mourning And Moping A Habit Updated 3/11/25 Do you know what unresolved grief is? I never thought about why my heart broke into a million pieces regularly over a death that occurred decades ago or what made me consistently sad. Now, I’m in the moment and don’t feel overwhelmed by sadness from […]
Grief Revisited: Tips For Growing Past Sadness
Grief Revisited: An Opportunity For Growth Grief revisited comes from insights shared by Dr. Katie Eastman, a new contributor to Reach Out Recovery. Dr. Katie is a renown grief therapist and coach who recently worked with me and my daughter and co author, Lindsey, on some of our own issues with grieving. In only two […]
The Reason Why Grief And Sadness Linger
Grief And Sadness Come In Waves If you have experience with grief, you may have noticed grief and sadness can catch you off guard when you least expect it. It’s been four years since my most enthusiastic cheerleaders have been gone. Between my grief and depression, there was a time that I didn’t think I […]
When Grieving Becomes An Addiction
Grieving Is Part Of A Painful Loss And So Is Healthy Letting Go Grieving hurts, sometimes unbearably, so why can’t we let the pain go and happy memories live on? Why do some people hang onto their grief while others are able to adjust to the loss and find joy again? After all, death and […]
Addict Death: Grief After The Final Goodbye
Grief Losing Someone You Lost Long Ago: An Addict Death Doesn’t Stop The Pain How can you say goodbye—again—to someone you’ve said this to so many times before? Addict death is not just once. It’s grief over and over. There were countless times I was sure I had lost my son, Josh, both emotionally, […]