Today’s guest post comes from the innovative Jeff Staab. Jeff was a funeral director for 20 years; and eventually translated that experience to his entrepreneurial enterprise “Cremation Solutions”. ***** What is Grief? Grief is defined as a state of extreme sorrow, especially caused due to the loss of a loved one. Grief is also accompanied […]
I was recently asked this question by one of my followers: Will grief hide itself and come back later? And, while I was thinking about my answer, this picture showed up in my life to confirm what I was already thinking. “Life is a spiral. Not a Circle.” We live in a culture that doesn’t […]
(Some days I play the role of advice mallard. So, hang with me as I dish.) I want to give you permission to pursue your doubts about your faith. In some faith communities and religious families, the doubters are ostracized. Doubting isn’t just seen as questioning; it’s viewed as something that’s underpinned by rebellion, by […]
In Kubler-Ross’ model of grief process, she listed five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In this process of grief, Kubler-Ross assumed that throughout the whole grief process, the bereaved should be experiencing what Freud called “decathexis”, which is a removal of emotional energy from the deceased; a detachment. Freud then suggested […]
Four months after Newtown, People magazine has published a series called, “Life After Newtown Shootings” where the parents describe their grief and how they are coping. It’s a beautiful series and well-worth your time and the three dollar Kleenex box that you’ll go through. One of the parents mentions that she still sleeps with […]