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- Grief is a Journey Not a Destination - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2013 from Robert CrutchfieldWhen someone close to us dies many companies will give you a few days off with pay to recover. Much of the rest of our society seems to believe that grief is something very temporary. If only it were that simple or easy. Grief is not about forgetting or “ getting over it. “ It is about learning ...
Views: 3381 - GRIEF MANAGEMENT The unexpected strikes again - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Elizabeth McNallyA few years back, I decided I wanted to get back into Literacy Project implementation and socio-economic development with Natives somewhere on this planet. My wonderful children were all grown up and I felt the urge of filling the void with a passion of mine! In spring, as I traveled Costa ...
Views: 1415 - Grief, Healing, and Wholeness - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2015 from Janet PfeifferElizabeth Kubler-Ross defined the five stages of grief in her 1969 book, On Death and Dying. Grief is a deeply personal process and each individual experiences it on their own terms. Some may endure all five stages, others only a portion; some progress in a seemingly reasonable period of time, ...
Views: 1791 - Growth Happens - by Submitted on May 12, 2006 from Leah LightMrs. Anderson’s class of first graders crowd around the glass cage containing their science project. They have spent the last several weeks witnessing its evolution from caterpillar to chrysalis to graceful, golden Monarch butterfly. And today is the big day to set it free. Mrs. Anderson ...
Views: 1047 - GUNS IN AMERICA --The Time Is Now! - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2022 from Dr. Sonara Carter-BarberThis month (May 2022), I have another lump in my throat and a knot in my stomach. The pain is deep for me and hundreds of others who are tired. We are tired of turning on the television or hearing on the internet of another shooting. The Buffalo and Uvalde shootings hit me especially hard. It ...
Views: 487 - Handling The Loss Of A Loved One In 4 Positive Steps - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2016 from Meghan BelnapWhen you lose a loved one, it's sometimes hard to understand why that person had to go or if you did something to speed up the process of death. While these thoughts should not be ones in your head, it's sometimes hard to think anything else, especially if the person was sick for a long time. ...
Views: 1273 - Healing from the Loss of a Beloved Pet - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2024 from Kay FontanaAs my dear companion, Yoda, approaches his 13th birthday in three months, I am confronted with the inevitable sadness that will accompany his passing one day. The signs of aging on his face serve as a poignant reminder, despite the playful spirit he retains in his senior phase. Memories of our ...
Views: 269 - Healing Grief Through Creative Gifts - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2013 from Robert CrutchfieldWhen my grandmother passed away at 98 it was a very difficult time in my life. As part of the process of working through my own grief I wrote the following poem. Grandma Went Home On Mother’s Day She was the mother of a son and a daughter. She was the loving grandmother to five. She was ...
Views: 1500 - Healing Hearts: The Transformative Power of Qigong in Grief Recovery - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2024 from Kay FontanaGrief is a universal experience that touches us all at some point in our lives. The process of mourning a loss, whether it be the passing of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or a significant life change, can be overwhelming and challenging. In times of grief, finding solace and healing ...
Views: 281 - HEAVENLETTER #1385 When a Friend Dies - by Submitted on May 26, 2007 from Gloria WendroffHEAVENLETTERS are here to reach every soul on Earth to reawaken: * Our connection to God * Our belief in ourselves * * Our awareness of our shared worthiness to God * * Peace on Earth * God is always bringing us closer to Him. HEAVEN #1385 When a Friend Dies God said: Beloved, the ...
Views: 2106 - HEAVENLETTER #1541 The Unseen - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2007 from Gloria WendroffHEAVENLETTER #1541 The Unseen I clasp you to My heart. We could say I keep you protected. In truth, there is nothing to protect you from. There is nothing that can assail you. There is nothing that can destroy you. You think there is because you think your life depends upon your ...
Views: 1084 - Here you can find why watching movies are good for your health. - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2018 from M Nasir AzizThey Can Ruin Your Health: Studies have demonstrated that adrenalin junkies get real pleasure out of being scared by horror films, but in an assortment of ways, they might be risking their physical and psychological health without even being aware of it. As soon as we see an extreme scene in ...
Views: 891 - Holistic Life – A Matter of Return Journey to the Source through Inner Development - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranDuring our life on earth, we are offered many possibilities. Some of them are healthy and some unhealthy in regard to our moving towards a holistic life of inner peace, empathy and loving application. What can help us take the right course? A great deal of our life is wasted by living on ...
Views: 1545 - Holocaust Remembrance Day: The Remarkable Strength (and Success) of the Survivors - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsNine million Jews lived in Europe in 1939 as World War II erupted. By 1945, six million had been slaughtered. In the most basic arithmetic, three million European Jews managed to escape the Nazi Final Solution. They fled. They hid. They resisted. The survival rate varied greatly from nation to ...
Views: 2160 - Home Funeral ... Or Funeral Home? - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2008 from Donna BelkA hundred years ago home funerals were the norm. Today, however, many people don’t realize they still have the option of choosing a home funeral. In most states, home funerals can be offered without the use of a funeral home or funeral director. The family can act as its own funeral ...
Views: 2330 - Honoring Legacies: Reflecting on Celebrities Who Die - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2024 from Kay FontanaWhen celebrities die, there is often an outpouring of emotions exhibited on social media. We have seen this on many occasions with the recent deaths of Toby Keith, Carl Weathers, Matthew Perry, and Jimmy Buffett, just to name a few. Celebrities often play significant roles in our lives as ...
Views: 275 - Hope - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from John SeeleyThis is an article to give people information and suggestions to help ourselves and the people we love. Please read and pass this on to everyone on your address list, you never know who needs this. “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly “ -anonymous ...
Views: 1183 - Hospice Care: An Option At The End Of Life - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2008 from Sherry NetherlandWe will all do two things in our lives – pay taxes and die. We do the very best we can to plan for our taxes, why don't we do as much to plan for our death? National Hospice Foundation statistics show that Americans are more likely to talk to their kids about drugs and sex than they ...
Views: 1482 - How Accepting Death Empowers You in the Moment - by Submitted on May 04, 2015 from Marc LernerWe all carry a lot of unfinished business along with us all the time. The more we accept death, the more in the moment we are. Accepting death is possible, for it makes us reject the parts of us not living in the moment. That is a spiritual gift. If you looked at your life imagining you are ...
Views: 1439 - How Do I Deal With This Death? - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2008 from Jim MathesonDeath comes to all. It is only a question of when. Woody Allen said it best: "I'm not afraid of dying. I just don't want to be there when it happens." There are many people who believe that life never ends, that we live forever or return to live again through reincarnation. And there are those ...
Views: 1205 - How Loneliness Affects Your Health And Well-Being - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2024 from Sarah AndersonLoneliness significantly increases your risk of mental and physical decline and premature death, especially in the elderly. Loneliness can be a death sentence. Loneliness causes feelings of sadness, emptiness, disconnectedness, and pain, and can leave you anxious, stressed, depressed, and ...
Views: 326 - How Shall We Grieve in Tumultuous Times? - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2014 from Maria HoaglundWe live in a culture where expressing grief is not honored in meaningful ways. We live in a society that’s awkward around the subject of death & dying, as well as grief. We have “bereavement leaves” in the workplace that last for three or four days. We use words like you need to “get over it,” ...
Views: 1257 - How to Avoid an Accident on a Motorcycle - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2019 from Casey ChesterfieldOperating a motorcycle involves different skills than driving a car. They’re far less stable on the highway and less visible to other drivers. The openness of the vehicle itself also makes motorcyclists far more susceptible to injury and vulnerable to conditions than other drivers. In fact, it’s ...
Views: 1097 - How to Care for a Long-Haired Jack Russell Terrier - by The Jack Russell Terrier breed has a double layer of thick hair that needs to be taken care of regularly. Also called the Parson Russell Terrier, dogs can have rough, slippery or broken coats. The rough-haired or long-haired Jack Russell terrier has longer curls than the straight-faced terrier ...
Views: 225 - How to deal with the loss of a loved one through death. - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Connie Huebner,Question: Could you say something about losing a loved one through death? Divine Mother: Yes, this is the ultimate in letting go in the relative life. If you can let go and soften into the Wholeness, you meet your loved one. If you try to hold on because they are no longer physical, then ...
Views: 1366 - How to Handle and Overcome Common Disasters in Your Life - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2019 from Meghan BelnapNo matter how fortunate you are, there are certain struggles that are almost certain to occur at some point in your life. While you may do your best to avoid them, it's more realistic to figure out how to deal with them in an effective manner. Below are a few of the more common disasters that ...
Views: 1189 - How to Handle End-of-Life Conversations With Your Parents - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2021 from Brooke ChaplanAll lives come to an end. There is perhaps nothing harder to admit, but this is a universal truth. For most, having a discussion about end-of-life care with one’s parents is a process that is at once deeply emotional and incredibly frustrating. However, there are some things you can do to make ...
Views: 788 - How To Minimize Self-Imposed Isolation In Grief And Loss - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2008 from Louis LaGrandYou can reduce unnecessary suffering when grieving by limiting the time you either knowingly or unknowingly isolate yourself. Self-imposed isolation is a common response to the death of a loved one. Although some alone time is necessary during all grief work, the bereaved all too often withdraw ...
Views: 6748 - How to overcome the fear of death - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Dada BhagwanWe all know that death is inevitable; whether we like it or not, we all have to die one day. Yet many people in this world have fear of death, for death is a mystery, a mystery of ‘What happens to me next?’... When one learns about the facts related to death, his fears get eased.The mystery ...
Views: 838 - How to Overcome the Fear of Dying - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2006 from Tim OngAs a doctor and a hospice volunteer, one of the most common fears that I encounter in my job is the fear of dying. In fact, this fear is so common that we have come to accept it as part and parcel of our life. In our fear-driven world where a lot of our actions are motivated by fear, the fear of ...
Views: 3547 - HOW TO REDUCE THE TRAUMA OF WATCHING THE WTC CRISES - by "Teaching someone how, and when, to associate or dissociate is one of the most profound and pervasive ways to change the quality of a person's experience, and the behavior that results from it. Dissociation is particularly useful for intensely unpleasant memories."
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Views: 942 - How To Start A Funeral Home - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2012 from Steve HillStarting a business incurs careless payables, that is, money you owe for services or products bought on credit. This merchandise would seem on the balance sheet of your company as a current liability, which is expected to be paid in lower than a yr (short time period). A funeral home is trade ...
Views: 1769 - How to talk to dead souls - 2 - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2019 from Sri TulasiNowadays, EVP is considered a standard means of searching and speaking to souls all over the world. Today there are hundreds of EVP forums connected to the Internet, on which educated and serious people come to talk to the soul. They say that dead click spirits talk to them. Anabella Kardosay ...
Views: 1139 - How To Write A Letter Of Sympathy - by Submitted on May 20, 2008 from Bob ShirillaWhen a person is in grief owing to the loss of a dear one, do you want to express your sympathy and do not know how to go about it? Sympathy throws can be given as ideal sympathy gifts; you just have to know how to write a letter of sympathy condolences. Yes, a sympathy tapestry throw is a good ...
Views: 2836 - How Vice President Joe Biden Dealt with Grief - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2009 from Abel KeoghOn November 7, 1972 a relatively unknown lawyer named Joe Biden pulled off a big political upset. By just over 3,000 votes he defeated two-term incumbent U.S. Senator J. Caleb Boggs and, at age 30, became the sixth youngest Senator in U.S. history. Despite the amazing victory, he almost never ...
Views: 2098 - How We Do Death - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2007 from Judee ReganWhile waiting to attend a focus group for seniors, I read an article on ‘Twixers.’ This term refers to young people ages 24 to 29, who still live at home, have worked numerous jobs since leaving school, are saddled with large education debts, and are not yet ready to get on with transition ...
Views: 973 - Human Response to Spirituality – the Believers, the Skeptics and the Explorers - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2015 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranIn general, there are three major responses to esoteric issues in the field of spirituality. They are represented by three groups: the believers, the skeptics and the explorers. It is good to be aware of the mental proclivities of these groups. Life on this planet depends on the state of ...
Views: 1609 - I Don't Mind Growing Old; I Just Don't Want To Be There When It Happens. - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2016 from Bruce Mulkey"Don't trust anyone over thirty," I arrogantly proclaimed during the Sixties, when I was twenty-something and imagined I was bulletproof and would remain forever young. I'm now more than four decades beyond that imaginary line of demarcation. When I look in the mirror it's clear that I am ...
Views: 2199 - I'm An Adult Ophan - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2008 from Annette GonzalezI am an adult orphan. I'm not anyone's child anymore. Both my parents have died. There is no smooth transition from being a child in the family to becoming an orphan. One day you have parents and the next day you don't. It's quite a revelation to know that there is no one to approve or ...
Views: 1815 - Illegitimate Survivors - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2007 from Yvonne SullivanIllegitimate children, or children born out of wedlock, are often excluded from the obituaries of their paternal family members (i.e., father and half-siblings). The situation is further complicated when a child is a result of an adulterous, or extramarital, relationship. The writer (or the ...
Views: 4654 - In Caring for Loved Ones, Care for Yourself - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2012 from Chris BrinesWhen the news comes, when those words are spoken, your lives are never the same. The words themselves are always different, but their meaning is the same: death is on its way. Your partner in life, the one you love in so many deeply rooted ways, is going to suffer through an illness and ...
Views: 1372 - In The Shadow Of The Towers - by What is the correct response for a metaphysical person to the terrible events of September 11th? It is a major challenge to fathom what happened, and what our personal response should be. This article will set out a few themes that are worth considering.
The key attitude must surely be to ...
Views: 1113 - In Your Memory - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2013 from Womens Recreation, Inc.In your memory I choose to see what you have tried so hard for me to see. It is in your memory that I choose to take love, honor and respect to a whole new level. I am trying the best that I can and I walk strong, in your memory. For all the times I just wanted to cry, you made me laugh. ...
Views: 1360 - Insurance – In Terms Of Burial - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2012 from Steve HillHowever, however they may be underneath the influence that after they reach their 60's or 70's they are too antique to get reasonably priced insurance to pay for their funeral. According to the national association of Funeral Directors 2010 basic value checklist Survey, the average price of a ...
Views: 1539 - Interview with Psychiatrist: A Near-Death Experience Expert - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2009 from Lese DuntonBruce Greyson, M.D., formerly a professor of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut, is now the Bonner-Lowry Professor of Personality Studies in the Department of Psychiatric Medicine at the University of Virginia in Charlottsville. Known as "The Father of NDE Research," he has been ...
Views: 3636 - Introduction to Ebook - Mystics in the City - by Submitted on May 28, 2011 from Lese DuntonDictionary.com defines a mystic as: "A person who claims to attain, or believes in the possibility of attaining, insight into mysteries transcending ordinary human knowledge." So all you have to do is believe in the possibility - and you can call yourself a mystic. It's okay to talk ...
Views: 1332 - Is There a Hereafter - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2011 from jesse wadeIs there a here-after? Danged if I know! Of course; we can hope, pine, crave, desire, want, need, hanker, fancy, itch, burn, and go hell-bent for a here-after, but no-one can prove, or disprove such a place exists. The only “possible truth” I’m certain of is that my “present” is the “here-after” ...
Views: 1163 - It’s Okay to Establish a New Relationship with Your Deceased Loved One - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2007 from Louis LaGrandThose mourning the death of a loved one are often told to find closure, let go of the deceased loved one, and go on with their lives. For most, this admonition is tantamount to saying forget about the person. In truth, no one ever forgets the beloved and never wants to since our memories and our ...
Views: 1628 - John Barnes - Liverpool FC Legend - by Born in 1963, John Barnes became a true Liverpool legend. Barnes signed for Liverpool from Watford for a fee of £ 900,000 in 1987 after playing 292 appearances for Watford and scoring 83 goals.
Barnes was an instant success at Liverpool, joining forces with attacking players.
John Aldridge ...
Views: 162 - Just Troia to Help with Grief! - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2020 from Ian MonroeDuring COVID-19, nearly 7 million people have contracted the disease and roughly 200,000 people have lost their lives. The grief that is associated with this loss can be devastating and has been compounded because the pandemic has made it more difficult to mourn the loss of loved ones in a ...
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