Grief Associated With Alzheimer’s

Watching your loved one slowly fade away over time is it’s own sort of torture. This is true with cancer. This is especially true with diseases such as Alzheimers, Parkinson’s, ALS, and Huntington’s disease. This episode I specifically talk about Alzheimers because of...

Anticipatory Grief with Erin Whalen, CEO of Compassionate Coaching

Sometimes the loneliest part of grief is that we don’t understand that what we are feeling or experiencing. Something feels off, but it doesn’t have a name. It just feels like a hovering, looming, broken feeling. This episode I talk with Erin Whalen. She founded the...

When People Stop Caring or Checking In

After a loved one dies a lot of people reach out to offer prayers and well wishes. Then it seems like over night, people disappear. You are left alone. You want support but you don’t know how to ask for it. Or you think people should just know what you need. This...

What To Say At A Funeral

Death makes people uncomfortable. You have a friend who just had a loved one die and you don’t know what to say to them.  You don’t want to make them feel worse, so you say the clique things. This can leave the griever feeling like a burden, overwhelmed, isolated, and...

Grief Over Relationship Loss

Grief doesn’t always mean someone has died. Grief is a normal response to a major loss. Marriage betrayal or divorce is a major loss. The end of a relationship is a major loss. You can experience the normal grief stages and not even realizes this is happening. This...

I Feel Selfish In My Grief

When people are dying/die, there a lot of people that come out of the woodwork. This may feel comforting or it can make you feel selfish. You don’t want to share your loved one with people that hardly knew them.  We can let this selfishness affect us mentally. It can...