We've all heard it, "Time heals all wounds."  We've all been told, "Hang in there, it’ll get better."  And you've also heard, "Just wait for time to take away your pain."  Or how about this one, "Just put on a happy smile. Grin a...

 Here are 21 statements I have heard from people whose loved one has died, and you may have heard some of these, too.  In fact, you may have even said some of them.  I certainly have.  They are common reactions within the gr...

Here’s some more ideas to help you move forward, to help you get unstuck in your grief. So, get a pen and paper or your journal and write these 6 things down. 

When you’re stuck in grief, you close yourself off from interactions in life that normally would be healthy for you. You’re so grieved, so full of sorrow that you close your world in. You start disengaging from life so as to control your world....

When we grieve, especially within those first absolutely awful six months to a year after our loved one has passed, we really do have a terrible tendency to turn within and avoid just about everything.  How do you and I get...