Dealing with grief, is one road of your life experiences you should not walk alone. It is important to surround yourself with a strong support system of friends, family members, members of your religious community, support groups, and people who are not afraid to talk about what you went through or, more importantly, people who […]

What happens when grief and trauma collide? What happens if the sudden death is the result of a traumatic event such as an auto accident, fire or flood? What if it was a murder? Grief involves sadness as the result of a loss, with sadness acting as the primary/dominant emotion. Guilt may be related to […]

Why do doctors offer treatment options, if you are dealing with a terminal diagnosis? The options being considered are either aggressive or palliative. Again, I can’t stress enough how important it is to understand what your physician is saying when they offer you “treatments” for a terminal illness. I know you are scared. I know […]

I would imagine you have heard of the stages of grief, you may have even seen it acted out on television shows such as Frasier and Scrubs. In the Frasier episode entitled “Good Grief”, Frasier is coping with the loss of his job. The Scrubs episode entitled “My Five Stages” deals with the main characters […]

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/helping_grieving.htm This site provides helpful hints on how you can assist someone who is grieving the loss of a friend, family member or pet. They also provide links to other resources for assistance with a grieving child, helping a friend or parent and others. www.hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/mosby_factsheets/Bereavement.html Bupa provides a “quick and dirty” fact sheet with resources […]

Helping someone grieve, knowing the right thing to say to someone who has lost a loved one, is difficult. You may feel awkward trying to find the right words. If not careful, you might even stick your foot in your mouth with your best, heart-felt intentions. What can you say or do to help someone […]

You may ask “when does grieving end?” When you lose something that is of great value to you, you never really stop remembering what it meant to you, or why it brought value to your life. What may change is how you remember. Think of some “thing” that you lost in your life that had […]

After your terminal illness was diagnosed, you remember the exact second you heard your doctor say “I’m sorry, your illness is terminal.” You remember how it felt as if someone had socked you in the stomach, leaving you breathless; how everything just seemed to go white. It felt as if time stopped. You felt cold […]

Coping with grief is a big elephant sitting in the room that no-one wants to acknowledge. No one really likes to talk about grief, or coping with it. It would seem people would rather take an IRS agent to lunch than talk to a friend or family member about someone or something they are grieving. […]

While benefits, exclusions and limitations may vary from policy to policy, there are some basic rules related to limits on your policy that you should be familiar with. Understanding what your policy doesn’t cover is just as important as knowing what it does cover. Be sure you have an updated benefit booklet (also known as […]