National Grief Awareness Day 2021

Today is National Grief Awareness Day. We didn’t question doing a topic on this. Worldwide so many of us are grieving. The way we grieve, mourn and honour loved ones has changed drastically due to the pandemic…. Please see National Grief Awareness Day 2021 which covers: Introduction Professor Green: YouTube Video and article: When grief […]

Triggers Anxiety and Grief

My sister and I are aware the moment our Dad was hospitalised in September 2016 to this very day our anxiety has gone through the roof. We are also aware that triggers can transport us back to moments of the trauma of our Dad’s situation, making us feel like we are literally back in that […]

Memories and Grief

Quite often in life, we reminisce on past times. This could be by choice, or it could be by circumstances. As an example, a social media platform could show you a memory from the year before (and years prior to that) Or, it could be like me when looking at old pictures to create a […]

Fatherless Father’s Day

This is something that feels so strange. What is even more strange is forgetting that Father’s Day is a thing and forgetting that the day is coming around. Never in our minds did we think about this being something that we would feel or go through….. Please see Fatherless Father’s Day which covers: Introduction Father’s […]

Grief and its effects on the body

Following on from our topic on Lungs and Grief which happened completely by chance, it got us thinking more about how grief can physically impact the body. We wanted to find out more about how grief affects the body because of the comments and feedback we got. It has made us want to explore further […]

Goodbye and Grief

Until this latest therapy session, I thought I was ready for bereavement therapy. These sessions have made me realise how UNREADY I am for it. To be present and showing up for bereavement therapy, takes a whole lot more than I am currently able to handle. In my most recent session I was asked if […]

Emotions and Grief

Throughout our topics, we have often referred to the range of emotions we experience along our journey. It seems one of the biggest emotions that has not been dealt with is opening up to the emotion of the loss of our Dad. This feels like something extremely: Major Scary Uncomfortable Unimaginable Unknown Please see Emotions […]

Brain overload and Grief

As I woke up one morning, I started thinking about how I’m feeling, what is happening, everything that we have to do, and this is how this topic came about. Throughout our journey, there have been many moments where we feel like our brain is overloaded. These moments come in waves, but when they do, […]