Task Three: Adjusting

We have reached week three of our series on Worden’s Four Tasks of Mourning. This week we are talking about the third task which is to adjust to an environment where the deceased is missing. This task focuses on working on finding a new normal without our loved one with us. If you have not…

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Back to School: A Guardian’s Guide to Helping a Grieving Child

As I discussed in my last blog post, my dad died on the fourth day of fourth grade.  I took days four through nine off from school and Monday I was expected to go back. “What? My dad just died. I’m not leaving my mom for 7 hours a day to just go to school.…

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The Need for Self Care

Self care? What does that mean? What is it supposed to look like? Can we take care of ourselves during our grief? How are we supposed to do that? I often tell my people I work with how I manage my grief on days that it is taking over my body.  If I wake up…

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Halfway Through the Year

On Monday we reached our honorary halfway through the year mark.  On July 1 each year I tend to evaluate where I am in that year’s word and make an evaluation of what needs to happen the last six months of the year to reach my goals.  It is a tradition at the start of…

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The Importance of Help

It has always been in the forefront of my mind that there are many people that know they require mental health care, but are not sure where to go.  This hit home for some in my circle this week.  My friends suffered a loss that could have potentially been prevented if their friend had been…

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