Grief. The language of grief and grieving can have a profound effect on the way we feel. While this is absolutely natural and normal, it’s helpful to know and really understand that we can shift some of these thoughts and feelings by becoming mindful of our...
Guest blog by: Dawn Lauren Anderson, Master Grief Coach As I write this, in four days, it will be the second anniversary of my husband’s death. It wasn’t unexpected. But any death brings a flurry of emotion as grief’s trajectory begins its steep climb. Like the...
Grieving, feeling the deepest grief. Whether it is early grief when the fog is heavy and the way forward is often hidden… or further down the path where you are finding a ‘new normal’. There are times, moments, days, or sometimes longer when...
Way for Hope is beginning a question and answer series of blog posts tackling some of the most immediate issues people face in the early days after suicide or other traumatic loss. Each person’s experience may be different. Even within a family, grief could...
Guest blog by Jan McDaniel I’ve always been fascinated by old photographs and films. Last Spring, when a cough was keeping me awake at night, I watched several historical documentaries. I knew the people I was seeing in black and white film on the television...
Guest blog by Jan McDaniel Suicide changes everything. Yet, not all of the changes to come are negative. Trust that the pain will soften, that life will be worth living again. Since I can’t do anything to influence the passage of time and cause these things to happen...