When You Lose Someone You Love: A Personal Journey Through the Heart of Grief By Susan Florence

I heard a shotgun blast. I must have been hit because I was down and felt it in my stomach. I was lying on the ground of a parking lot in the dar

Dealing with Change By Clare Evans

“The only constant is change”. Change is something that affects us all in our lives some more serious and impacting than others. Moving house,

For THEM I Cry By C. V. Harris

Recently, I have come to the earth shattering realization that the closer one is to attaining the age of forty the more one begins to value their

Mindfulness and Empathy: Using the News By Maya Talisman Frost

As we watch the news about the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, it is easy to become much more caught up in the horror and anguish part o

Let's Not Forget the Human Side Of Hurricane Katrina By Mike Makler

While one can never exactly know how another person feels. It is possible to get a sense of how they feel by trying to remember how you felt whe

Helping Other Cope with Loss By Brook Noel

As friends, relatives or others who care, there is nothing more difficult then watching those we care about endure pain—especially the pain that

Coping with Tragedy and Loss By Brook Noel

On Monday, hundreds of thousands of people felt Hurricane Katrina’s impact not only losing loved ones but their homes, belongings and jobs. In t

When Change Comes (Dealing With Grief and Loss) By Dr. Brenda Shoshanna

Needless to say, the time after loss is volatile and confusing for most people. Unresolved issues come to the fore and questions we have not answ

Anticipatory Grief and Ongoing Sadness for Caregivers By Judy Wright

In 1969, Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross published her famous book; On Death and Dying and later went on to launch the Hospice movement in America. Ev

Mexico: Death in Mexico By Douglas Bower

Death: No thank you. Dying: Gives me a panic attack. Burial: Not today, please. Of all the subjects I could write about, this one is my least fav

If Ever It Is Me By Deborah Uetz

With my father, his brother and their father having had late onset Alzheimer's I can't help but wonder if someday it will be my fate. This is wha

The Creative Side of Healing By Susan Schanerman

One of the areas where I seem to be placing most of my focus these days is the relationship between creative expression and healing. Something th

Online Monument – An Ever-lasting Tribute to Your Departed Loved Ones By Rick Valens

Memories are never to be buried along with the loss of our very loved ones. To be forever remembered as someone whom we always love, they always

Online Memorial – A Dedication of Love for Your Departed Loved Ones By Rick Valens

Life has always been a journey, a journey of finding of one true self and happiness. As however destined, all journeys will eventually find its v

The Truth About Emotional Intelligence By Lee Down

There is so much emphasis on emotional intelligence these days that it appears that people are suppressing their emotions and problems in an effo

Angel of Comfort... The Story By Sharae Taylor

I am an Angel artist and several weeks ago while listening to the late night news, a news story came on that really touched my heart. On the way

Suicide in the Church Part 1 By Michael Tummillo

Recently, several suicides have occurred right here in my own hometown of about 16,000 people. The latest of these involved a friend of mine who

Suicide in the Church Part 2 By Michael Tummillo

In a town the size of mine - about 16,000 - can a few suicides within a 90-day period be considered an epidemic? I'd say so. Quite a few Christi

Suicide in the Church, Part 3 By Michael Tummillo

Suicide strikes...AGAIN!This may wind up being the most important article some have ever read. I hope it will not only help a few readers,

Dying? Not Me! Why You Should Plan for Transition By C. Bailey-Lloyd

Remember the Eulogy projects we had to write back in High School? Death is a tough subject to broach, and many would rather deny death then embr

Dealing With Tragedies (The 9/11 Tragedy) By Gary Simpson

September 11, 2001, marked yet another significant turning point in world history. Whatever innocence was left in the world was lost on that fate

We are the Reflection of our Lives: How to Survive Loss & Humility By C. Bailey-Lloyd

Everyday, I look in the mirror to see the face staring back at me. Sometimes it is lined with stress, sorrow and grief. Other times, it simply sm

When's Sarah Coming Home? Helping Your Child Understand Death By Dr. Charles Sophy

For most children, their first experience with grief comes with the death of a beloved family pet. When Zoe the eight-week old puppy dies of par

When The Spirit Leaves The Body By Nick Arrizza, M.D.

Do you spend most of your time inside or outside of your body? If you know what I'm talking about then I can almost certainly say that you have s

Grief Masks By Andrea Gambill

October makes me think of Halloween, and Halloween makes me think of masks, and masks remind me that sometimes when we’re grieving, we wear masks

Tenderizing By Andrea Gambill

Recently, the magazine I own and edit got a hate letter that was so full of venom and hostility, it gave me shivers. The ultra-religious lady who

Liberation By Andrea Gambill

It is one thing to be free; it is quite another to be liberated. Liberation implies that freedom was absent for a time, and there was bondage. Th

Miracles? By Andrea Gambill

If we were to organize a list of the thorniest problems for the bereaved, certainly somewhere near the top would be the question of miracles. Eve

The Look of Grief By Andrea Gambill

Never, since man has walked upright, have people all over the globe had more educational advantages or more opportunities to practice advanced so

The Walking Wounded By Andrea Gambill

When my phone rang the other day, it was a call from one of the "walking wounded," not unlike many that I have received during the years I have b