"I found it in my 35 mm camera -- an almost complete roll of film. My heart did a few pounds more than normal -- that camera hadn't been used since the last time my husband and I went to Duke, three months before he died." In Grief: Preserving Memories « Grief Healing
Grief can start with numbness, but we feel more and more as time passes. It’s an ever-shifting, evolving, swirling, day-by-day, minute-by-minute emotion. Now, three years in, my grief feels different: the pain more muted, but the sense of loss more profound. As Grief Changes, We Evolve With It « Psychology Today
Sometimes we twist ourselves into knots with questions that either don’t make sense or are unanswerable. I believe fretting over what faces us after we die is a great example. None of my patients ever said they knew what to expect after they died; even those with deep religious convictions had some doubts. Yet those who had lived their lives in a certain way or recently changed it felt more comfortable approaching death then patients whose lives lacked one or more of the following five. I know there are others, but these seemed the most important. Afraid of Death? Five Astonishing Ways to Stop Worrying « Stan Goldberg, Ph.D.
How can taking a walk in a forest, going for a swim or setting out into the wilderness help people work through their loss? From refocusing our minds to showing us how to carry on, here are five ways that nature can help. The healing power of nature: Five ways nature can help us through grief « Marie Curie Talkabout
Grieving a mom who died too soon to become a grandma, and dreading dad's new girlfriend, are a lot for a new parent. New parent faces mom's death and dad's new girlfriend « Washington Post
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