Stages of Grief – the 7th

What exactly are the stages of grief?   According to Kübler-Ross the stages of grief are Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. These are not linear, and you move in and out of them at different times. They were initially created for those who were dying, not for those left behind.  David Kessler, who co-authored […]

October and grief, What does it mean for you?

What emotions are you stuck with?

Do you have unpleasant emotions that cling to you like lint on a sweater?  They certainly stay stuck unless you pull off each rolled up ball of yarn. Have you ever done anything to try to release your emotions that cling and keep you in a stuck place?   I am going to talk specifically about guilt […]

How do your thoughts affect you?

Your thoughts affect you more than you know.  They have power and hold more of it than we are aware of.  I learned this the hard way.  But, it wasn’t until after my husband died by suicide in 2005 that I understood this. The thoughts that ran loose in my mind were of self-destruction.  They took control and […]