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When Life Seems as Desolate as the Desertwhen you feel that you're at the end of your rope, let this perspective bring you hope. Life is a journey and a discovery of inner-wealth is found in the desert. Unlocking the Bonds of ShameThis article examines the sources and destructive manifestations of shame as a phenomenon of disempowerment. Several strategies to begin addressing this burden are introduced. For Seven Days I Thought I Was DyingWhen a recent CAT scan revealed I had a spot on my lungs, I thought my life was over. And so I began to make my final plans. Surviving TragedyEveryone will suffer the loss of a loved one at some time in life. There are principles to learn and keep in mind so that when tragedy does strike you can take the steps that will speed healing. 10 Useful Funeral Tips and FactsTips and facts for organising and planning a funeral or cremation Why Did My Three Brothers Die So Young?My three brothers, all younger, died separate tragic deaths. This article questions why they died early and gives a possible reason other than what most people might think on the surface. Common GroundHow a son copes with the issues of putting a parent in a nursing home. How he finds comfort in knowing that he made the best decision he could. Whispers Of LoveHow a man coped with the loss of his brother after having spent forty consecutive daus at his bedside. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Aromatherapy HealingWe've all experienced some form or degree of trauma in our lives. Just hearing the news of a natural or man made disaster that has resulted in physical injury, the grief and loss of someone's loved ones, or worldly possessions can trigger feelings of mental and emotional distress. We may feel helpless and vulnerable to forces we have no control over. Life's usual order feels disrupted and our vision of a peaceful world lays shattered around us. Survivors of trauma, grief and loss and those who help them, or those who simply hear their stories are all affected. Dying into LifeIn the dying experience, people come face to face with their mortality. Dying people begin to reflect over their life and feel the effects of the life they have lived. As each experience is pondered, an accumulation of experiences creates a perspective. Each perspective builds upon another. An accumulation of perspectives in a lifetime is called wisdom. Transformation - A Time for ChangeAt one point and time in life, we go through a
major transformation hopefully mostly for the
better. It can be a conscious choice, it can be
from a crisis, or a totally unexpected change. Dancing with AngelsThroughout history, angels have been known as guiding spirits. They have been called "Messengers of God." Angels have been seen as encouraging souls whose purpose is to lead us through transformative events in our lives. Hospice Care ServicesIn this article, I will outline key points my fellow hospice team members and I have observed in our day to day work.. I have worked over 12 years as a Spiritual Counselor in Hospice Care. Each person teaches me something, though it is I who is supposed to minister to them in the final moments. Stephanie Rose Pierre - A Year Without HerAnyone who has ever lost a child knows the anguish every parent goes through following such a death. This was written when the first anniversary of such a death. I guarantee it will touch the heart of anyone who reads it. LOVE: When Your Widowed Parent Re-Marries...An Adult Child's PerspectiveChances are that you grew up in a two-parent family, a mom and a dad. Went to a local school, away to college, married, had children of your own. And then, tragedy struck and your mother passed away, leaving your father a widower. He has mourned his loss and, in time, while still embracing the memories of your mother, met someone new and fallen in love, ready once again to enjoy a full life, perhaps to even re-marry, and you find yourself exchanging parenting roles as you concerns are not unlike that of your parents when you dated, fell in love and eventually married. LOSS: When the Heart Heals...A Widow's StoryAt this point, widowed for about 18 months, I met Hal the night I attended my last “bereavement support group” meeting. I was instantly attracted to his energy. We seemed to have a lot in common, both professionally and emotionally. I gave him my business card with the knowing feeling that he would call, but I had no idea if it would be in a week or a year. LOSS and LOVE: Transcending the Loss of a Spouse to New LoveThe unimaginable has happened; you are a widow or widower. Mourning your loss has been the focus of your life for the past year or two. Finally, as you begin to surface from your profound grief, with a deep breath and lot or a little trepidation you find yourself falling in love again. Is this new relationship fraught with landmines? You bet! Here are important stepping stones to help keep you afloat along the way, Do’s and Don’ts as it were for widows/widowers beginning a new, loving relationship. LOSS and LOVE: Love Revisited...Helpful Do's & Don'ts for the Widow/Widower Embracing New LoveIs it possible to mourn the loss of a beloved spouse and, while still grieving, to not only meet someone special, but fall in love and begin to build a new relationship that includes a commitment to sharing your lives? Can we overlap our loving and our grieving? The answer is a profound: YES! But, to smooth the path, keep these helpful Do’s and Don’ts in mind. Grieving Loss in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community LOSS: The Time Sequences of Grief: Moving Through Loss LOSS: When Half Of A Whole Feels Like Zero...Excerpted from The Healing Power Of Grief LOSS: Healing After LossLoss is a fact of life. Yet, following loss, their needs to be a healthy healing, a healing that allows life not only to simply continue, but with joy and determination. What are the elements that make up healing? Interview with Christy Lowry, author of "PAM, Life Beyond Death; Joy Beyond Grief""PAM" unites comforters and grievers as together they face one of life's most inexplicable losses: the death of a child. In it, a family miracle unfolds, unveiling a God Who actively and directly redeems their loss for good as healing and restoration powerfully emerge to transform hopeless grief into inspired conviction that there is - indeed - Life Beyond Death, Joy Beyond Grief. Cremation And The Wandering JewsWhat should we Jews believe and do about cremation?