Grief during the Holidays

Losing a loved one is never easy. Losing a loved one at the holidays, is even more difficult. It can be stressful to approach the holidays, party invitations, and family traditions, without your loved one; especially when your grief is new. As you begin the holidays, there are several things you should keep in mind to lessen your stress.

Loving God, Trusting His Plan in Times of Loss

In my quiet time today, I was thinking about knowing God better so I could love him more. When I love Him more I'll trust Him more. Trusting God's plan when you have lost someone whom you didn't think should have died, is hard. So, how can I work on loving God more, so my trust will increase?

When You Don't Understand Why?

Sometimes when we are hurting, not understanding why we are suffering loss, why bad things are happening to us, the most important thing we can do is to trust God. To say, "just trust God" seems too simplistic---one of those churchy answers that just doesn't help. How can we simply start trusting God in the midst of our loss?

Anticipatory Grief

As Grief Life Coaches (sm), we encounter alot of people who are caregivers for persons with Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and other progressive illnesses. Please know that we empathize with families in this extremely dificult situation. Our question is, if you have lost someone or are losing someone to this type of illness, does your anticipatory grief, effect the way you grieve when you ultimately lose a loved one to the long term illness, and if so, in what ways? We would love your comments.

Grief and Loss

Often Christians have a misconception that if they grieve openly when a loved one dies they are demonstrating to the world their lack of faith or acceptance of God's plan for their life. As Grief Life Coaches (sm) we are here to change that misconception. We want to encourage Christians to genuinely express their grief emotions and offer grief support. It's scriptural. What do you think?