Today I want to talk about fear. One thing is that I become more aware of how it runs my own life, but more importantly – it affects lives of so many people who have gone through devastating loss. In what way? – You might ask. I have been thinking about it a lot and […]
The difference between trauma and grief
January 26, 2015 by Leave a Comment
What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. / Helen Keller/ In my blog I talk a lot about grief, ways to grieve, mourning, etc. Yet the website itself includes the word ‘trauma’. Without going too much into theory of psychology I will […]
New healing layers
December 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It was my birthday yesterday. Ironically, out of all days and weeks even for the whole year my body had decided to slow down and catch cold exactly the day before. It’s not that I planned big parties or celebrations (I’m a bit of a hermit type), but the sore throat didn’t feel good even […]
Surviving festive season
November 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
If you have lost someone you love, most likely you have heard from well meaning relative or friend: ‘He/she wouldn’t want you to be unhappy and grieve for the rest of your life’. Or some variation of that. In the midst of raw pain and sorrow you probably just got angry (even if you didn’t […]
Have you allowed yourself to mourn?
October 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
‘There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.’ /Henry Wordsworth/ The words ‘grieving’ and ‘mourning’ are used interchangeably yet there is a difference between the two. Grieving is our internal thoughts and feelings when we are faced with the loss – unspeakable sadness, despair, anger, sorrow, numbness, fear, shock, feeling that […]
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