The Real Waves of Grief
Day 6: The True Waves of Grief = The Layered Waves of Grief This metaphor for grief—waves and oscillation from moments of ok-ness to ...
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Dec 26, 20212 min read
Grief can be a Clarifier
Day 5: Grief can Bring Great Clarity I’ve had some people tell me that when they look back to the initial months of their grief, while...
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Dec 26, 20211 min read
Feeling More Raw in Grief
Day 5: In Grief, Feeling More Raw When You Have More Capacity is a Thing One of the most maddening and disappointing aspects of grief is...
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Dec 26, 20211 min read
The Symbiotic Relationship between Grief & Trauma
Day 4: The Symbiotic Relationship of Grief and Trauma There are a myriad of opinions about whether grief and trauma are separate ...
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Dec 26, 20212 min read
A Wise Adaptation
Day 3: A Trauma Response I am nervous that the word “trauma” may be on a path towards dilution. This word is used more casually than...
khatch73
Dec 10, 20212 min read
Hope can feel Heavy
Day 2: Hope is Heavy to Hold When You’re Grieving We aren’t supposed to be able to hold hope alone in challenging times. Truly, we...
khatch73
Dec 10, 20211 min read
Want your Child to become an Emotionally Healthy Adult?
Day 1: Want your Child to become an Emotionally Healthy Adult? I’ve noticed many weigh in on what it means to raise “emotionally healthy”...
khatch73
Nov 22, 20212 min read
100-Day Project. Check.
Day 100b: 100-Day-Project. Check. Thank you. For following. For reading. For the encouragement to keep this up. This 100-day project was...
khatch73
Nov 22, 20212 min read
Healing in Grief is Not a Matter of Time
Day100a: Healing in Grief is not a Matter of Time The brutal truth in grief is that the widely accepted definitions of healing, such as...
khatch73
Nov 22, 20211 min read
Holiday Reminders
Day 99: Holiday Reminders I wish this could be standard holiday etiquette. And this is certainly not comprehensive. What would your list...
khatch73
Nov 22, 20211 min read
Grief is an Act of Expansion You Never Wanted
Day 98: Grief is an Act of Expansion You Never Wanted The more years I do this work, my conceptualization of what grief truly is and...
khatch73
Nov 22, 20211 min read
This Holiday Season is Different
Day 97: This Holiday Season is Different I believe that the pandemic has extended the experience of acute grief, that initial phase of...
khatch73
Nov 17, 20211 min read
No Time for Bullshit
Day 96: No Time for Bullshit in Grief When socializing was more of the norm, my job was a reliable conversation stopper. And still, many...
khatch73
Nov 17, 20211 min read
Sometimes the Lead-Up is Worse
Day 95: Sometimes the Lead-Up is Worse As the holidays are now upon us, we are entering the week when plans solidify (if they haven’t...
khatch73
Nov 17, 20211 min read
Grief is a Learning Process
Day 94: Grief is a Learning Process Grief is many things. And yet what I see so often is how much learning is involved. And let’s be...
khatch73
Nov 17, 20211 min read
Let's Expand the Definition of Grief
Day 93: Let’s Expand the Definition of Grief I find that much of my early work with people is helping them expand their own definitions...
khatch73
Nov 17, 20212 min read
Grief Begs for More Quiet
Day 92: Grief Begs for Quiet, Stillness When a loss occurs, there is typically an outreach, even a deluge (if you’re lucky) of support....
khatch73
Nov 11, 20212 min read
Antidepressants Do Not Medicate Grief
Day 91: Antidepressants Will Not Medicate Grief I have come to believe that when properly dosed, antidepressant medication DOES NOT...
khatch73
Nov 11, 20211 min read
Let's Get this Straight
Day 90: Let’s get this straight I’m happy to report that it is less often that I hear from clients that someone has offered up the...
khatch73
Nov 11, 20212 min read
Healing is Confusing in Grief
Day 89: Healing in Grief is Confusing Many of my clients report that their experience of grief is not like anything else—that it is...
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