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LET ME DIE IN PEACE, BORED OF THIS WORLD By kailash
‘Was flipping through the pages of a magazine and encountered this account from a divorce lawyer, who was describing her experiences of handling her various clients ranging from an age of 20 to 65. What perturbed me much was this account of a lady who came to this lawyer in order to file a ...
Love Revisited: Helpful Do’s & Don’ts For The Widow/widower Embracing New Love By Kimber Fulcher
Is it possible to mourn the loss of a beloved spouse and, while still grieving, to not only meet someone special, but fall in love and begin to build a new relationship that includes a commitment to sharing your lives? Can we overlap our loving and our grieving? The answer is a profound: YES! But, ...
Good Grief .................. By Kimber Fulcher
As a psychologist I have worked with many people who were stuck in grief. They speak about losing someone with poignant emotion–as if it happened yesterday. But it happened years ago, sometimes decades ago. Some people, however, deal with loss very effectively and come to terms with a loss within ...
Testimony Of A Suicide Survivor By Kimber Fulcher
I am a suicide survivor. I am also a Christian. This article explains how anyone, but especially people of faith, can survive or help others to survive the tragedy of a suicidal death of a family member or close friend.
My father committed suicide with an overdose of prescription medicine taken ...
Seven Things You Can Do To Help A Grieving Co-worker By Kimber Fulcher
The funeral or graveside service is over and someone you work with is back on the job. Is there anything you can you do to help the person in the transition he or she is facing? Plenty. Remember, your willingness to be with anyone who is grieving, your presence alone, can be a factor in healing ...
Savvy Consumers Find Relief In Their Time Of Grief By Kimber Fulcher
Benjamin Franklin once said, "In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes. At least now, thanks to the internet, death doesn’t have to be as expensive.
According to AARP, the average funeral in the United States can easily reach $10,000 once a burial plot, flowers and other costs are ...
What Exactly Is The Root Source Of Sorrow/strife? By Kimber Fulcher
Sorrow and pain manifest when we are unaware of certain underlying realities. Maharshi Vasishtha while explaining to Lord Rama the cause of sorrow says that it is spiritual ignorance (Ajnana or Maya). This ignorance can be overcome via attainment of divine wisdom via the path of Yoga of Wisdom ...
What Not To Say And What To Say To Someone Who Is Mourning By Kimber Fulcher
We need each other, especially in times of distress. And it is important never to forget that human interaction is the very essence of living a happy life. The positive result of that interaction is always based on respectful and supportive communication—saying the right things at the right ...
Coping With The Death Of A Loved One: The Least Used Resource By Kimber Fulcher
You know in your heart that nothing ever stays the same. People change, lives change, situations and worlds change.
The trouble with change is that you can feel insecure and without foundation when the reality you know and have got used to is no longer the comfortable way it was before.
Those ...
What To Do When Someone Dies And There Was No Time For Goodbyes By Kimber Fulcher
Not infrequently, death occurs and surviving family members and friends do not have the opportunity to say goodbye to the loved one who died. Fatal automobile accidents and heart attacks, hurricanes, murders, and many other unexpected events are the catalysts for much anxiety and deeply felt grief. ...
Cremation Today And Memorialization Options By Kimber Fulcher
Cremation today is becoming increasingly popular. The number of people choosing incinerations has increased significantly over the past few years. Statistics show that in the United States 15% of all services are incinerations and the trend shows by 2040 this will increase to over 40%. In Canada ...
Three Seldom Used But Highly Effective Coping Skills By Kimber Fulcher
Multiple loss experiences pervade every life. They demand an inordinate amount of time and emotional energy in order to cope with the massive changes imposed. Yet, there are many well-known strategies to deal with the pain of loss ranging from expressing emotion and searching for meaning to keeping ...
What Doesn’t Help When Mourning The Death Of A Loved One By Kimber Fulcher
There are many factors involved in how a person adapts to the death of a loved one. They range from the meaning of the loss and previous loss experiences to the way the loved one died and the social support system available, to name a few.
Nevertheless, much is known about what exacerbates the ...
Why Grief Lingers On And On By Kimber Fulcher
Grief and grieving is inevitable because we choose to love. And it can be argued that it lingers on and on because we refuse to learn to love in separation and complete a primary task: acceptance of the loss and the many changes demanded.
However, there are a number of old beliefs that we have ...
Grief And Worry With Expose Can Develop More Severe Diseases. By Kimber Fulcher
Grief and Worry: We all know of individuals who were so grief stricken at the death of a loved one they also died a short time later. Just a year ago,I experienced such a situation. Two wealthy,spinster neighbors were inseparable. A year ago one did die and the other passed away just three days ...
Learn The Biggest Lesson Grief And Loss Offers By Kimber Fulcher
The death of a loved one and the grief that follows teach many lessons. Perhaps the most important one is that pain is the sign to take a new road in life. This is a double barreled lesson. First, we have to decide to do some things we have not thought of previously—or ever attempted before. And ...
How To Become An Expert At Loving In Separation By Kimber Fulcher
Death ends a life but not a relationship. So have you ever wondered how you can keep the memory of your loved one alive? Or, how can you establish a new and stronger relationship with the person who died, now that he or she is not physically present?
The answer is compelling: practice becoming ...
Three Beliefs That Cause Unnecessary Suffering When Mourning By Kimber Fulcher
Beliefs engrained in us early in life by well-meaning adults, through their behavior and comments, become the gospel of our adult lives, and furthermore, indelibly stamped in our conscious and unconscious minds. These beliefs automatically become deeply rooted as “the truth” and prove to be ...
Dealing With Loss And Trauma For A Person With Bipolar Disorder By Kimber Fulcher
Dealing with loss or trauma can be especially difficult for those who suffer from bipolar disorder. Not only are they trying to cope with the traumatic experience, but they are also trying to remain stable and avoid a depressive or manic episode as a result of the stress it caused. Some with ...
6 Steps To Healing The Toxic Emotions Inside You By Kimber Fulcher
Something toxic is festering inside you.
Chronic pain and sadness that has been hurting for so long that you have subconsciously blocked it out. The toxicity continues to eat us from the inside.
It'll be surprising, what you can uncover when you dig deep to heal yourself. Are you brave ...
7 Steps To Uncrush Your Soul: Grief And Sadness By Kimber Fulcher
Imagine a gruesome physical injury. Dripping blood, internal organs exposed on a human body. Now imagine that it is your body.
There is a strong natural reluctance to looking at it - you might grimace and look away. Even if you have a strange fascination with it, you still don't want to get ...
What Words To Comfort The Loss Of A Child By Kimber Fulcher
My youngest daughter recently lost her 2 1/2-month-old baby boy to what doctors assume to have been SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). He just went to sleep and stopped breathing. Last year, one of my little sisters lost her 22-year-old son to a gunshot wound to his face. We still do not know the ...
Thank You Baby H .................. By Kimber Fulcher
There are babies everywhere in my life. Number of pregnant friends: 3. Number of friends who have given birth this year: 3. Number of babies born to friends to date: 14. Number of friends on baby-making duty: at least 3 that I know of. Conception and birth is a complex and miraculous phenomenon. ...
The Top Ten Things To Know About Grief By Kimber Fulcher
Grief is an integral part of life and living. Everyone grieves, although not everyone mourns. That is, not everyone goes public with their grief. They have been taught to keep it to themselves because it is much too personal.
Consequently, silent grief tends to perpetuate many myths and ...
The Top 10 Things You Can Do To Cope With The Death Of A Loved One By Kimber Fulcher
Everyone has to deal with the death of a loved at various times throughout life. It is one of the conditions that is commonly faced without training or education.
The loss of a loved one is made especially difficult to confront because we live in a death denying culture. Here are 10 things you ...
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