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How to Let Go
Living Life After a Spouse's Death
Losing a life partner takes one of the heaviest physical, emotional, and mental tolls you’ll experience in your life. It’s like having your heart torn in the middle. After all, your spouse is the one you chose to celebrate life’s highs and lows for the rest of your life. What’s more, it is an undeniable fact that you have built a life with your spouse and it would mean a big gap not only in your heart but in your manner of living.
Caring for Someone Who is Dying
Often, we are put in a situation where it’s hard to accept the fact that death is coming. In these times, not only are you confused, you’re also dealing with feelings associated with loss such as grieving, regret, anger and more. However, such emotional responses should not be a hindrance to your delivery of care especially when a person is not expected to live more than a few days or weeks.
What Makes Insurance Different From Savings
Financial freedom is different to different people. For some, this can only mean not being able to work their entire lives. For some, this means having to buy all of their heart’s desire. While for some, this means having to enjoy life to the fullest through the comfort’s provided by stable finances.
How to Get Through Life as an Adult Orphan
Losing family members at any stage of your life will inevitably change your life, your traditions and the dynamics of your relationship with other family members. Maybe your mom acts as the strong glue between you and your estranged sister. Or, maybe your father is the reason why you go fishing every summer. Either way, losing a loved one will definitely affect a lot of aspects in your life.
Do Arts Help Us With Grief?
The onset of the pandemic shifted the world’s entire view in a 360-degree turn. Our normal way of living has been challenged and strategically re-arranged to fit the virus’ demands. One of the greatest devastations of the pandemic is the lives it claimed and the anxiety it brought not only to the people but to the psychological, emotional, economic and political aspects of the world.
Music and Grief: How it Helps with Your Emotions
Music is an element of life. This element of life has integrated cultures, traditions, lectures and even our emotions. With the right melody, harmony and words, emotions are invoked whenever, wherever. As such, there have been extensive researches on how music helps in our wellbeing, our mental capacity, and physical performance.
Stories of Grief and Loss of Medical Frontliners
Nowadays, our medical frontliners have become the face of the pandemic. They embody the best of what humanity has to offer and at the same time, they are the tragic collateral damage of healthcare systems that are corrupt and broken a long time ago.
Funeral Directors and How They Adapt to the New Normal
In this article, we’ll be reading one funeral director’s experience of navigating through the risk of the pandemic, offering heartfelt services and coping with the pain they experience as they are the last responders of grief, loss and burden.
Managing Grief on Mother's Day
Mother’s Day is here again and we can witness flowers, cakes, balloons and all things bright as we honor great mothers from all around the world. However, for some families that lost their moms, this day is a constant reminder that their beloved is forever lost and they can only reminisce of their time and memories.
Dealing with Survivor's Guilt
When a tragedy hits, we may find ourselves thankful for the chance. Other times, we may feel the unwanted guilt it brings. A survivor is always grateful for the chance of life. However, as he darts through the course of life, he will remember the tragedy in details and will always wonder, the could haves and the what ifs.
Unspoken Funeral Etiquette for Guests and Visitors
When it comes to conversations of life, the last taboo is considered death. People wouldn’t want to entertain the thought of death as it is associated with negative emotions such as grief, loss, and the untimely acceptance of people never coming back in life.
The Internet and Grieving: How it Changed How We Express Grief
The revolution of technology is now constantly intertwined with how everyone lives. Unlike before when a person dies, only time would tell when their memories are buried alongside them. But now, a deceased’s digital footprint continues to live on.