“I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow. Sorrow, however, turns out to be not a state but a process.” ― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed Grievers understand only
As the science of bereavement studies continues to evolve, researchers are beginning to move away from the long-held theory of the ‘stages of grief’, arguing that its widespread popularity has
Apart from the obligatory phone call to convey our respects, and a few words at the funeral, some persons are not sure what to say to bereaved persons. Sometimes, in
Children are often among the disenfranchised grievers in the family because their grief responses are not readily identified by the adults around them. As a result they are not acknowledged
It’s amazing the things we regret when we lose someone. I don’t mean the macro things, like them being the breadwinner, but little things that nag and haunt us, like
When someone dies a void opens up in the fabric of the family and the community. The community is able to respond fairly quickly in replacing the person – the
Invictus Out of the night that covers me,Black as the Pit from pole to pole,I thank whatever gods may beFor my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstanceI have
My son Andre was murdered in 2009. He was 20 years old, beautiful inside and out, and was sure he was going to break into the music industry in a
The death of a colleague can have a profound impact on others in the workplace, with the outpouring of grief often surprising family members of the deceased. However, the truth