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The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs and articles on grief and loss
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs and articles on grief and loss
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | Finding hope in the darkest of places
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | A long reply to a simple question
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | Am I going crazy?
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | August is the month my life changed
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | Being here
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | Continuing Bonds
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | Early Grief Survival Guide: The fi...
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | Forgotten Mourners - Sibling Grief
am a bereaved parent |Guest blogs and articles on grief and loss
Guest blogs and articles on grief and loss At The Compassionate Friends we know that different things work for different people at different times with their loss and grief. You
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs and articles on grief and loss
am a bereaved parent |Guest blogs and articles on grief and loss
Guest blogs and articles on grief and loss At The Compassionate Friends we know that different things work for different people at different times with their loss and grief. You
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | Finding hope in the darkest of places
Years ago, as a newly qualified CBT therapist in the NHS, I was allocated a patient whose notes filled me with dread and anxiety. Two years previously, this patient had lost her son to suicide. I wondered what I could possibly offer this poor woman
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | A long reply to a simple question
This is a long reply to a simple question and the short answer to “does it get better” would be; yes, because it changes and it becomes different. Instead of drowning in sorrow you grow a new skin that keeps you afloat and contains the
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | Am I going crazy?
All loss is traumatic. But to lose a son or daughter is the most devastating loss – and profoundly traumatic. When our son Joshua died, suddenly and out of the blue, I felt as though I was going crazy, mad with grief. I often felt like
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | August is the month my life changed
I’m writing this in mid-August. August is the month my life changed - 13 years ago. I was a happy and fulfilled working mum, – juggling a satisfying career with bringing up 3 boys, which was stressful at times, but I was managing fine.
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | Being here
Being here on this island with the sun shining and waves lapping at the sandy beach forces me to think. I look out to the sea, the view framed by rugged sandstone rocks eroded by time and tide. People - families, bobbing about in the water, face
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | Continuing Bonds
I am relieved that ‘letting go’, ‘finding closure’ or ‘getting over’ your loss is no longer an expectation in the way that it once was. Bear this in mind if anyone (friend, acquaintance or
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | Early Grief Survival Guide: The fi...
"In the very early days of grief, my children and I searched the internet for advice. How do we do this grief thing? What will we feel? How long will it last? Some resources were better than others, but few stood out".
The Compassionate Friends | Guest blogs | Forgotten Mourners - Sibling Grief
Bereaved siblings have often been called the forgotten mourners, because in the aftermath of a terrible loss they are often the ones whose grief is overlooked. But the sibling relationship is profound, it’s part of how we are formed and who we
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