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International Day of Hope and Healing After Loss is a free online experience brought to you by the Opento Hope Foundation with a mission to help people find hope after loss. International Day of Hope Open to Hope and Healing After Loss , youtube
One of the biggest misconceptions about grief is that we can overcome it. I believe we can heal, but we never completely leave the hurt behind. I like an analogy here: If we think of grief as a fluid, then immediately after a loss, it fills us completely. But with time and guidance, we grow. Grief doesn’t shrink, but it does take up a little space within us. Suffering is omnipresent, but we don’t talk about it. I want to change that. are here 7 things I wish everyone knew about grief « Africa Business Insider
There are other types of grief, variations that are less universally understood or accepted. One of these is unexplained sadness, which just like its name can feel like a cloud. It is possible to grieve someone who is still alive. Unexplained grief is something many of us will struggle with at some point. Naming an emotion takes away some of its power. When There’s No Hallmark Card for Your Mourning , psychology today
This may come as a surprise to many readers. I think there is a widespread belief that parents would prefer to avoid the sight of their children’s death, that it can be very painful, and that we would be better off being shielded from sight. I’m here to assure you otherwise. As a parent who lost my children in a tragic accident, I am grateful for the opportunity to be with them in their final moments despite the truth’s attempts to shield me. grieving parents want the truth , Kevin MD
Hospitals’ complex electronic health record systems and authentication processes cause significant delays and challenges for physicians, resulting in reduced patient care times. Before the millennium when I used to make hospital rounds, I would spend 10-20 minutes with a patient and document the visit in a few minute charts. Now I understand why hospital-based therapists complain that they have no more than five minutes to spend at the bedside, while trying to spend the 15 to 20 minutes in front of a computer screen that they spent at the bedside. What did you do during the five minutes? There has to be a better way! doctors spending more time on computer than patients Kevin MD
When Anna Timms volunteered at a hospice, she learned not to be afraid of illness and death by helping patients in their final days. Here, she writes poignantly about her experience – and explains why dying matters. What Being a Hospice Volunteer Taught Me About Death and Life « Guardian
It’s February and I’m a student at MSU. I don’t know what to say except that it’s like learning a language, this broken heartedness. It comes to me piecemeal, woven into a culture created by the hum of my TV. When the world turns to night, I whisper to myself in the darkness of my room. Sometimes nothing comes out. I wonder how long we will go on like this. Guest Essay: Suffering, Part 2 « The State News
Whereas [my brother] I wasn’t the gardener and as his ashes were scattered at sea, I found myself thinking about the many ways gardens have kept the precious memories of our loved ones alive over the years. Traditionally cemeteries have been built in a garden setting: appropriate as the Edenic landscape is a comforting reminder of new life growing in the face of death and loss. Time in a Garden: Mourning in the Garden « Petoskey News
Little or no information is known about the personal toll job losses take on employees who have been fired or laid off. As a society, we consider job loss and grief to be taboo subjects. Terminated employees are expected to stick it out and move on to the next new gig. There is too much shame in our LinkedIn workforce and people are programmed to only show strength and a positive attitude. Job loss, bereavement and professional identity « Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals
“I’ve never been a religious person. But it seems when you have such a tragedy in your life like losing your husband of 40 years that you tend to turn that way because you’re looking for an answer. All the books that I feel like reading to talk about the plan God has for you. Why do I get so upset I was perfectly happy with my old plan – to be with the love of my life until until we’re 90 (not just 60) so why throw away my wonderful plan and make me so sad because they have a plan for me?” looking for answers in grief « Grief Healing
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