Recovering your Happiness
When we lose a loved one, we are overcome with an overwhelming amount of emotions – nostalgia, pain, grief, anger, emotional block, disbelief, sadness, and many more. This is especially true when the passing was sudden and unexpected. We’re hurt at the thought of everything we have lost and we hurt alongside all those who...
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Overcoming Unpredictable Times
Right now, with the pandemic known as COVID19, we are experiencing a situation that was totally unpredictable for many of us and perhaps many of us are feeling nostalgic and yearning for a calmer time in our lives. In order to manage this feeling, it is important to understand that it is a common response...
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How to Deal with Uncertainty
At this very moment, we are all facing a lot of uncertainty. Life has thrown us all a curve ball and for some of us, it seems like the ground has been ripped out from under us. Losing our routines and our sense of normality is unsettling. Admittedly, it’s a scary and uncertain time and...
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When a Situation Requires Patience
In life, we often find ourselves in many situations that slip out of our hands and are completely out of our control. In these moments, we can easily start to feel hopeless and lose our patience instead of keeping calm. Right now, we are experiencing a hectic situation that is having worldwide ramifications which is...
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Dealing with Failure
Learning to deal with failure can be a difficult battle. At the core, most people experience a deep desire to be successful at something at some point in their lives. Some people have big aspirations to follow their dreams in their career, while others might view success as building a happy family (and an infinite...
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Mourning and the False Sense of Guilt
Sometimes, when we lose a loved one, feelings of guilt may overwhelm us. We might feel that something we could have done and did not do could have potentially saved our loved one or that something we have done has been the cause of misfortune. This is a common emotion that people experience after the...
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Overcoming Loneliness
In an increasingly interconnected world, it may seem strange that there are still people who suffer profoundly from loneliness. The reality is that all the technological advances that we have at our disposal to help us communicate more rapidly are not enough to eliminate the feelings of isolation that are rampant in our society. Overcoming...
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Resilience and compassion
Life is a series of crossroads. Sometimes it may seem as though life is cornering us and that the walls around us are crashing down, and that there are certain heartaches that are too painful to bear. We guard our hearts and we refuse to open up to others. This is a very common defense...
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Cemetery Etiquette
Visiting a cemetery where your loved one are buried is one of the many ways to honor and pay your respects to those who are no longer with us. This is an opportunity to remember all the good times with had with them and to reflect on our own lives. When visiting a cemetery, we...
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Regaining your Happiness After a Loss
Regaining your happiness and peace of mind can be challenging after the loss of a love one, this is very difficult for the people who stay behind. Everyone copes with the pain differently; grief is something that everyone’s ups and downs happen at different times and in different ways. People try different approaches to cope...
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