Grief Rhythms & Furry Creatures
Day 65: After a series of heavier posts, I offer up an ode to one of the wisest grief companions in my life: our Holland Lop,...
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khatch73
May 21, 20221 min read
Allow the Absence to Take Shape
Day 59: How Does a Grief Therapist Grieve #10? Allow the Absence to Take Shape The grief is taking up residence. It has moved in. It...
khatch73
May 21, 20221 min read
Grief Chambers
Day 57: How Does a Therapist Grieve #9? I let myself fall apart in the car and on the airplane. Cars and planes can be grief...
khatch73
Apr 17, 20221 min read
How Does a Grief Therapist Grieve?
Day 47: A New Series—How Does a Grief Therapist Grieve? In no particular order, I will be sharing on the topic of grieving as a grief...
khatch73
Mar 30, 20222 min read
Anything Could Happen
Day 43: Anything Could Happen When our people die, anything could happen. In early grief, I am finding a pattern of death awareness to...
khatch73
Feb 27, 20221 min read
Grief & the Pause
Day 40: Grief and the Pause In the grief world, there is a lot of talk about how important it is to FEEL the grief, to have it, to be...
khatch73
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Grief as Stubbornly Suspenseful
Day 39: Grief as stubbornly suspenseful The maddening and confusing and relentless and stubborn nature of grief is something I hear about...
khatch73
Feb 18, 20221 min read
Grief is a Learning Process
Day 38: Grief is a Learning Process Learning can be brutally hard. Think of how difficult it can be to learn a new language, a new sport,...
khatch73
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Acute Grief--A Treacherous Landscape
Day 84: Acute Grief—A Treacherous Landscape Acute grief is the term that refers to the initial phase of bereavement. Acute grief is the...
khatch73
Oct 18, 20211 min read
A Grief-Shattered Heart
Day 71: Anatomy of Grief-Shattered Heart In this work, I continue to be floored by how we can be at once shattered and whole, raw and...
khatch73
Oct 18, 20212 min read
"Acceptance" is a Tricky Word in Grief
Day 70: “Acceptance” in Grief Out in the world, the word “acceptance” can imply agreement, or consent, or even acknowledgement that...
khatch73
Oct 15, 20211 min read
We Miss in the Everyday Moments
Day 69: We miss people in the everyday moments We miss people in the everyday life moments, in the ordinary, not in the extraordinary. We...
khatch73
Oct 15, 20211 min read
"Positive" and "Negative" in Grief
Day 67: “Positive” & “Negative” in Grief Let’s be careful about the use of the words “positive” and “negative” to describe our own...
khatch73
Oct 11, 20211 min read
Grief is its own Entity
Day 68: Grief is its own entity. And it is not depression. I can get on a soapbox about how different grief and depression are. I admit...
khatch73
Oct 11, 20212 min read
Meaning & Sense & Grief
Day 67: A Hard Truth in Grief Finding meaning in the how or the when or even the fact that someone died is something our brains are...
khatch73
Oct 11, 20211 min read
Grief: It's bigger than you
Day 65: “It’s bigger than you.” Elizabeth Gilbert’s words on grief after losing her beloved partner come to mind, especially for those...
khatch73
Oct 11, 20212 min read
Grief is a Way Forward
Day 64: Grief is a Way Forward When I meet with folks, I inform them that my primary jobs are 1) to make sure that I assist them in...
khatch73
Oct 11, 20211 min read
Rituals: A Way to Hold On
Day 63: Rituals: A Way to Hold On Sometimes we just need something to hold on to, to get to the next day, the next hour, the next...
khatch73
Oct 11, 20212 min read
Grief Changes Us
Day 61: Grief Changes Us Megan O’Rourke wrote ‘The Long Goodbye’ which tells the story of the loss of her mom. As a poet, she accesses...
khatch73
Oct 11, 20211 min read
Anger is Part of Grief
Day 60: Truth: Anger is Part of Grief Anger shows up as a wise adaptation to loss. It is a fierce protector. It is active when all else...
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