by Denise Torgerson | Nov 17, 2021 | Stories
Yes, it is that time of year again when we are all supposed to pretend that we are happy. The season of good cheer, Christmas. For people who are grieving, Christmas can be exhausting. It is so hard pretending to be of good cheer. Often our friends and family are...
by Denise Torgerson | Oct 26, 2021 | Stories
“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.” ~Fred Rogers Mr. Rogers always had wise words, compassionate words for us all. He understood that to be human is difficult sometimes and he also understood that it...
by Denise Torgerson | Sep 27, 2021 | Stories
We can’t grieve it all at once. Sometimes we have to let our grief in a bit at a time. Alan Wolfelt, one of the authors featured in our library, calls it dosing.One of our group participants said, “I can’t look at it all at once. It’s too big.”Grief can become...
by Denise Torgerson | Sep 13, 2021 | Stories
It’s interesting to me how pervasive the idea of getting back to “normal” is in our culture. We use words like healing, resilience, transformation, growth. Oh there are so many. I would like to suggest here, that as a griever you have permission to ignore all of those...
by Denise Torgerson | Aug 19, 2021 | Stories
Do you struggle with the fact that you are struggling? Many of us do. We are so very hard on ourselves. Our inner critics are on overdrive. We “should” ourselves into misery. For some reason, we feel like we are not grieving right, or that we should be over our grief...
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