Category: Death & Grief

  • Coping with Grief from Substance Abuse

    Coping with Grief from Substance Abuse

    By Renae Evans The loss of a spouse, child, friend, or other family member from alcohol or drug abuse can be especially devastating to your physical, spiritual, and mental health. Knowing that it is ok and normal to grieve, and how to express that grief, can help you begin to heal. Everyone Grieves On Their…

  • When Christmas is a painful time – Dealing with Grief

    How do you get through Christmas day when everywhere you go, every sound you hear, everything you see makes you want to burst into tears?  Christmas is a time when a lot of people show kindness, love and are happier than most times. Maybe they are faced with unemployment in the new year, or something…

  • Moving on when a Loved One dies

    Last time we started looking at is it right to move on when a loved one dies?    Today, we will take another step forward and look at how we can move on.  Is there a reasonable time that is acceptable before one moves on? Look at the example in the Bible.  Jesus was with…

  • Is it right to Move On when someone dies?

    When a loved one dies, eventually one has to move on.  Or is it right to do so? Death is part of life.  Sounds like an oxymoron.  But at some point in our lives, the longer we live, we will face the inevitable of parting with a loved one permanently on this earth. If one…

  • Bereavement in young children: The basic principles of helping them cope with loss

    by Elisabeth Peters Dealing with the death of a loved one has an enormous impact on a person’s life. It changes life dramatically and it will never be completely the same again. I have noticed that death just isn’t something we talk about easily. It might be the only certainty of our existence, but we…

  • Dealing with Death of a Loved One

    A year ago, an extremely close and loved one of mine transitioned from this world to the next.  It was unexpected.  It was sudden.   And it was very devastating.  Truly, truly so. One minute he was here with us.  The next minute, he was gone.  Just like that.   I was awakened before midnight or…