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What is the point of communication? In our relationships communication enables us to feel valued, heard and understood by those around us. It has many functions: We use communication as a way to persuade those around us, whether its to agree with something we have said or to reason with our child who is refusing […]

This blog series is going to focus on the topic of communication. What is the point of communicating and how and why (and I include myself in this) do we get it so wrong most of the time? Miscommunication is one of the most common causes of arguments, often resulting in relationship breakdown and hurt. […]

Stages of Grief- Acceptance Acceptance.  It’s something that seems impossible when in the midst of grief. It doesn’t ignore the loss, it is certainly not about forgetting and moving on. It is far more about accepting that the past cannot be changed and accepting the need to explore what your new present now looks like. […]

Stages of Grief-Depression If denial, anger and bargaining are all stages of self-protection initiated by our bodies to protect our minds from becoming overwhelmed when we experience death; when these come to an end and we realise the finality of the situation, the ‘depression stage’ can hit like a tsunami.  As we can no longer […]

“Bargaining is when you wish, pray or hope that your loved one will be saved in exchange for something” The Bargaining stage is your mind’s way of protecting you, a coping mechanism, from facing the reality of a world without your loved one in it and can feel like despair and anxiety all rolled into […]

Before we take a look at the process of grief, I feel that it is important to acknowledge that the order in which I am exploring the stages of grief are not necessarily the order in which individuals might experience them.  Grief is an individual journey and everyone will start and finish at different places […]

“For many, being angry is more acceptable than being sad; Sad comes from hurt and we don’t want to hurt anymore”. When we lose someone,(or indeed, something – a job, our home, anything we hold dear) our whole world instantly changes.  This brings with it a period of chaos and confusion which we try to […]

This blog is the first in a series exploring different topics centred around grief. I hope to be able to share some of my personal experiences of grief, look at different types of grief and most importantly to generate some discussions so that people realise that they are not alone in whatever situation they are […]