Dealing with grief is hard enough, and as holidays approach, perhaps the harsh reality of being the surviving caregiver responsible for the children who are also grieving has complicated your grief considering the holiday season. Here are two tips and practical suggestions for you to help navigate the holidays. Enlist a support system … [Read more...]
How to Help Teens In Grief
Threatened Loss One of the hardest losses of life is the threatened loss. The possibility is real, and the probability inevitable. But how do we equip the next generation to learn functional skills of resiliency when many so many adults are walking around wounded and struggling themselves? Dysfunction breeds dysfunction. Adolescence is hard … [Read more...]
How To Help Teens With Loss Series: The Relationship Loss
The Relationship Loss We are created to relate. Everyone longs to be loved, accepted, and feel secure. Relationships can rock our world; even more so when a relationship is lost. Such a loss is amplified when a teen is already experiencing changes physically and emotionally, and adapting hormonally. While outwardly the body may appear … [Read more...]
7 Kind Of Losses: The Material Loss
For a teen loss can impact profoundly different than is the case for adults. Developmental stage and perspective can really rock one's world in formative years. Take a moment to ask yourself, "Have I ever experienced a loss like my teen is facing now? How will it be different for my teen? What will be my teens experience of it?"* Whether you are … [Read more...]
Physical Energy: Spending Versus Investing
Meaning Well Doesn’t Always End Well. “It is hard to give what you do not have.” The best intentions of well-meaning encouragement can often lead to some of the most painful wounds. To compound the situation, the well-meaning person rarely knows the pain they may be causing to someone struggling with depression, having lost a limb, a loved … [Read more...]
