Grief
At some point in our lives, we all must deal with the loss of someone we love. The loss may come after a lengthy illness, or it may come suddenly… However it happens, we must cope with the person’s absence and deal with our grief.
Transforming Our Grief by Just Showing Up
Working in healthcare for almost 30 years, Yvonne Heath realized that many people are ill-prepared to navigate through grief, heartache and life’s challenges and suffer excessively. But there is a better way. What if we could talk about, plan and prepare for grief BEFORE grief arrives? What if we learned to Just Show Up for ourselves and each other?
First 2 Stages of Grief
Denial
Anger
Grief Edu-Therapy™
One Solution to One of the Most Painful Issues
Grief is the normal human response to loss. Unfortunately there is little information on how to resolve the intense conflicting emotions caused by life events. Edu-Therapy™ Grief Resolution is an easy to use model that reduces and eliminates intense uncomfortable emotional responses to loss, trauma, and abuse. The 4-day Certification Training teaches the most effective process that resolves the pain caused by the conflicting emotions of a meaningful loss.
The Grief Edu-Therapy™ Process is a two-phase cognitive behavioural model that:
- Rapidly accesses and identifies conflicting emotions
- Provides concrete easy to use steps that decrease the disturbing emotional intensity
- Once learned grievers can easily repeat the process on their own or in a clinical setting
- The Grief Edu-Therapy™ Process moves grievers into the present
- Teaches healthy emotional coping skills
Grief Edu-Therapy™ Resolution
Two of the most common questions we hear from professionals and caregivers are,
“How can I more effectively help my community or clients?” and “How can I help them help themselves?”
It hurts to lose someone. Find help at GriefShare.
GriefShare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. You don’t have to go through the grieving process alone.
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Articles for Coping With Loss
Dealing With Death: Affects of Grief & Loss on Mental Health
Losing a loved one can shake you to your core. There is no greater pain in this world than the pain of losing someone who you cherish with all your heart.
There’s some good news though. The pain will eventually subside, and you will get better!
Dealing With Death, Grief, and Bereavement
From denial to acceptance, there are seven stages in the grieving process, although it’s important to remember that everyone will grieve in their own unique way. Some might go through the stages out of order, while others might spend more time in one stage and less in another. People could experience multiple stages at the same time. There is no single road map to acceptance, but the seven stages of grief offer a valuable outline of what a person can expect to feel when experiencing a loss.
Coping With Loss: 115 Helpful Websites on Grief & Bereavement
Moments of grief occur in everyone’s life. The death of a parent, partner, or especially of a child, can cause almost unbearable emotional pain, and knowing how to cope with that grief is important for ensuring that the emotional distress doesn’t lead to depression or cause deeper psychological damage.
Finding Holiday Joy Amid the Grief
If you’ve lost a loved one or suffered a setback, the holidays can feel hollow. Learn how to experience joy despite it all.
It’s a disappointing truth: Holiday cheer can be difficult to come by if you’re facing emotional pain caused by a loss. But experts urge us to muster our inner strength — to find bits of holiday joy amid the grief.
What is Bereavement and End-of-Life Support?
Grief and bereavement are experienced by anybody dealing with a significant loss in their life. Death is a major emotional crisis and one of life’s most stressful events, and people will cope with their loss differently. Those who work with bereaved people, like end-of-life nurses, often must help facilitate the process of grieving, and to do that, it’s beneficial to understand what bereavement and grief look like for different people.
Written by Brian Greenberg – CEO / Founder of the Insurist.com
Last Updated: December 14th, 2022
