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 20, 20222 min read
#5: Seeking Out Projects Involving a Hammer
Day 53: How Does a Therapist Grieve #5? Seek Out Projects (Hammer preferred) I grew up going to the hardware store with my dad. I...
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
Jul 30, 20211 min read
Grief & Fear
C.S. Lewis wrote A Grief Observed after his own experience of losing his partner. This small book has always stuck with me. His...
khatch73
Jul 29, 20211 min read
The 3 Phases of Grief
I wish any of us could actually know and prepare for our grief journey. Here are some truths I’ve come to believe about grief timelines:...
khatch73
Jul 28, 20211 min read
Growth in Grief
In grief, we are growing in two [seemingly] opposite directions. One growth direction is towards accessing our own strength and power and...
khatch73
Jul 27, 20211 min read
Easier & Harder Days
When we are grieving, we tend to remember how we felt in someone’s presence (if we are seen and heard OR not) instead of the exact words...
khatch73
Jul 26, 20211 min read
Disloyalty
Disloyalty in grief is that experience of feeling badly for feeling ok. It tends to happen in those moments that you chuckle at something...
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