Tag: grief

• Learning To Live And Grieve

  

  Almost everyone has heard of the Five Stages of Grief made famous by Dr. Elizabeth Kübler-Ross. Many of you may also have heard that she presented this as the grief process related to those who receive a terminal diagnosis (and those who love them) and NOT the grief of the bereaved who are mourning the […]

  Jade

  March 23, 2022

  death and dying, grief, personal development, Uncategorized

  anticipatory grief, expected death, five stages of grief, grief, integration, living with grief, understanding grief

• Attachment To Things Has Gotten A Bad Rap

  

  In a country where hoarding is an epidemic, while simultaneously Marie Kondo has become a celebrity for downsizing, it’s important to understand the reason behind our attachment to possessions and the therapeutic value ‘things’ have in grieving. “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,” 🎶 a popular lyric and a popular trend when […]

  Jade

  October 24, 2020

  death and dying, emotional estate planning, end of life doula, grief, life, relationships, trauma

  attachment, grief, hoarding, loss, trauma

• Death Is Imminent

  

  When I try to explain how I can help with the last days or even with the grieving period, I get a little tongue tied. I don’t have a set formula or pat answers to any situation. What I have is intuition that leads me to suggest things to a particular person in a particular […]

  Jade

  October 6, 2019

  death and dying, end of life doula, grief

  death, end of life doula, grief, how can an end of life doula help, rituals, saying good bye

• It’s Not My Death

  1990 was the year of magical changes in my life. As is usually the case though, I couldn’t know it at the time. I had been married a little over one year and my beloved grandmother had just died. I was 25 years old and working in a job that had nothing to do with […]

  Jade

  August 24, 2019

  personal development

  a good death, autonomy, autonomy in death, death and dying, death doula, end of life doula, grief, positive death movement, transition

• Don’t Deny Yourself Because Someone Else Has It Worse

  Oh man. I definitely got this message growing up and that is exactly how I taught myself to get through some of the worse times of my life. I discounted my own experience by saying to myself “it isn’t as bad as this other person’s experience so what am I crying about?” And each time […]

  Jade

  March 9, 2019

  life, personal development, trauma

  dismissing, grief, healing, trauma

• The Greatest Thing I Ever Did

  I know you’ve heard it a lot. People say it around Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, but this is January and I’m still gonna say it. The greatest thing I ever did was have a daughter and name her, Emma. Last night Emma and her two best friends (besides me) came over for dinner. This […]

  Jade

  January 22, 2019

  grief, parenting, personal development

  accomplishments, grief, parenting, personal development

• Holiday Grief

  “It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With marshmallows roasting and…” Except when it isn’t. Grief at the holidays is 1) normal, 2) inevitable the older you get and 3) more intense than any other time of the year. It is an unexpected, yet regular, extra guest at every dinner table. From the time […]

  Jade

  December 24, 2018

  personal development

  depression, grief, holidays, loss, sadness, traditions

• Grief

  If there is something I feel overly qualified to speak on it is grief.  I have had more than my fair share of loss due to death, both traumatic and natural.  I lost my father suddenly of a brain aneurysm, my sister committed suicide, my mother died of chemotherapy poisoning and I had to turn […]

  Jade

  September 4, 2018

  grief, personal development

  development, grief, health, life, loss, recovery, relationships, survival

• Grief Lies In Empty Spaces

  The empty space left by someone you love after they transition is the space that grief fills. The bigger the space, the bigger the amount of grief that will fill it.   Everyone you love takes up some sort of space in your life. Some more than others. Some may only have a space in […]

  Jade

  July 9, 2018

  grief, life, personal development, relationships, trauma, Uncategorized

  development, feelings, grief, life, relationships

• The Healing Storm

  The Midwest is kinda notorious for intense weather changes. Our Summers can get scorching hot and humid, while our Winters reach below zero. This week alone was a perfect example. Wednesday it was 58 degrees. Thursday it started to snow. By Friday morning we had more than 9 inches on the ground. This was no […]

  Jade

  March 5, 2018

  grief, life, personal development, Uncategorized

  culture, development, gratitude, grief, love, progress, recovery, relationships, self, success