by griefcenterweb | Mar 12, 2021 | Articles, Grieving Adults, Grieving Children, Resources
Even professionals in the mental health field are confused about loss and the realities of bereavement. We don’t simply relinquish our connection to the dead. Nor should we. Naturally, there is a struggle, but at long last a way to fight for some middle ground. ...
by griefcenterweb | Jan 26, 2021 | Communal Grief, Grieving Adults, Notes from the Center, Self Care
At long last we have a national leader in charge, who is capable of acknowledging our collective grief and the need to mourn our losses. Apart from how his administration goes on to govern, Biden’s self-declared first responsibility of leadership suggests that now...
by griefcenterweb | Jan 18, 2021 | Communal Grief, Grieving Adults, Self Care
As Covid-19 and our country’s political crisis continue to rage on, it becomes increasingly difficult to cope with and manage our fears and anxieties. We are enduring so many losses. In fact, there’s a kind of hazy, threatening cloud of grief hanging over...
by griefcenterweb | Dec 8, 2020 | Communal Grief, Self Care
Never in our collection living memory have we been forced to persevere through the social, economic, and psychological consequences of a pandemic. And it is hard to articulate a set of emotions that seem to defy articulation. But language used well can help. The words...
by griefcenterweb | Aug 19, 2020 | Articles, Communal Grief, Grieving Adults, Resources, Self Care, Uncategorized
Among other challenges, the coronavirus calls us to reorganize our consciousness about death and dying. Perhaps the sudden plunge into mortality forced upon us by the pandemic can inspire new ways of being helpful and useful to each other, even while we grieve and...
by griefcenterweb | Jun 10, 2020 | Articles, Communal Grief, Resources, Self Care
Despite the anguish of grief, under normal social circumstances most people move through its demands well enough. We are resilient despite our losses and the upheaval they generate. However, things are different now under Covid-19 conditions. Usually friends can...
