Coping with the death of a pet is an experience that all of us who love animals experience at some time or another. But do we all experience grief and loss the same way? The answer is no. Although grief is…
Take notice of everything that makes you happy. Take notice of how much you smile when you’re around it, all the positive impacts it has on you. Open your eyes to everything you have. Don’t wait any longer because tomorrow…
Collateral Beauty was a movie that came out in 2016 and was directed by David Frankel. The movie was highly anticipated and had an amazing cast. Just a few of the notable actors are Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Will Smith,…
Probably the most well-known theory about how we deal with death is the Kübler-Ross model and its 5 stages of grief. This theory says that there are 5 different stages people go through when they deal with death, whether it’s their…
No one teaches you how to deal with grieving a pet. Nor do they teach you how to say goodbye to someone who was like a member of the family. A dog isn’t just a dog. You can’t just replace your cat…
It’s so hard to leave something behind that made you happy. It’s so hard to close a chapter. It can be so painful to know you have to say goodbye forever. It can hurt so much to part from something you want…
If you have dealt with the loss of someone very close to you, you may know we’re talking about. Complicated grief, or pathological grief, is like a tornado of pain growing inside, making it harder and harder to breathe —…
When brain damage doesn’t take your loved one’s live, but changes who they are forever, you’re in one of life’s most difficult paradoxes. Your loved one hasn’t physically gone away, and yet they’re no longer the same. They’ve changed. And…
Time goes so quickly. We want things right now, immediately. We don’t know how to wait. Waiting makes us nervous, it stresses us out. We’ve gotten used to satisfying our needs in practically no time. But what happens when it’s…
Life is made up of once-in-a-lifetime moments you never forget, partly because they never happen again. You may go through the best or the worst experiences, but it’s never the same as that one decisive moment that changed you forever.…
Everybody goes through the process of grief at some point in their lives. Going through each stage at a time can help you come to terms with the loss. However, the process is so painful that sometimes we stay in…
Dealing with loss is manageable. When we lose something or someone, behind all the pain, bewilderment and pride there is a lesson that will heal us all on its own. The understanding of the loss is linked to our ego’s…
The loss of a loved one is extremely hard. It’ll happen to all of us at some point, but not all people have the same resources or tools to cope. Sometimes, this process becomes a chronic, serious problem. Researchers estimate…
Nobody likes to be rejected. When it comes to love, we put many of our hopes, our emptiness and our traumas out into the open. Therefore, getting over romantic rejection is sometimes not so easy. But it always depends. The…
Being empathetic towards your own sadness is sometimes hard. First of all, empathizing with the sadness we feel would mean admitting it exists at all. It would imply not being ashamed of it and not beating ourselves up for its existence.…
The absence of a loved one is painful no matter who you are. Although love and loss is part of life, we never completely resign ourselves to it. Even though we know nothing lasts forever, it’s like we refuse to accept…
When we close a chapter in our lives, it is the end of a story. When we say goodbye, we write the ending. When we don’t find closure and we don’t move on from something, it will follow us. We will…