How Long Does It Take To Heal –
Eighteen months. That’s how much time researchers say it takes to heal. Eighteen months for each stress inducing life event. Be it marriage or divorce,...
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Life After Overdose A Mother Speaks Out
Life after overdose is not a simple step to recovery as some would like us to believe…just as sobriety after addiction is not a simple...
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Dealing With Grief
When my 39-year old sister died, I couldn’t function. I couldn’t quit crying let alone make it off the couch to cook dinner for my...
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Grief Healing After The Storm
Grief healing for people is much like the way trees respond after deadly storms. This year in the weeks that followed the heavy, wet snows...
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What Is Unresolved Grief
Unresolved grief is more common that we think. Grief for someone we lost is only one cause of lingering sadness. I grieved for my mother...
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Substance Abuse Grief Is It Different
Is substance abuse grief different from other kinds of grief? Does grief differ if it’s the death of a child, a breakup of a romantic...
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Learning To Live Again After A Loss To Addiction –
My friend Ada lost her husband, Sam, a year ago. She believes Sam’s sudden heart attack was caused by his grief and anguish over their...
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There Are No Stages For Coping With Grief –
There is a lot of information regarding grief that is inaccurate, especially the five stages of grief developed by Kubler-Ross. While this was an interesting...
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My Grief Recovery Started With A Car
My grief recovery started out with an 83 Mustang GT with a 351, all set up to drag race. Returning to my love of cars...
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Mom’s Wish –
Mom’s wish was too hard for me to fulfill on my first Mother’s Day without her. On her special day she wanted another mom to...
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Dating After Grief –
When I started dating, I stuck a toe in the water of the online dating pool. It was at a time in my life when...
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Gratitude When You’re Grieving –
Feeling gratitude when you’re mourning a loss is especially challenging. Gratitude grieving is counter-intuitive, yet honors the ones who are gone. Two years ago, my parents...
