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Falling into the Rabbit Hole of Grief
Grief can lead us into a rabbit hole of pain. More precisely, what we see around us that reminds us of our loved ones can send us into...
bethhewett
Mar 31, 20244 min read
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The Loss of a Pet (Part 2)
In my last blog post, I featured an interview with pet mom, Jackie Burke, whose precious kitty Timmy died unexpectedly from lymphoma....
bethhewett
Mar 15, 20247 min read
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Unconditional Love, Overwhelming Grief: the Loss of a Pet
There’s no doubt that the death of a precious pet can lead to ongoing grief for many pet parents. People we call pet parents may be...
bethhewett
Mar 1, 20246 min read
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Children’s Love, Children’s Grief
When a family death occurs or when the family suffers a loss such as a health crisis or moving from one home to another, the children may...
bethhewett
Feb 16, 202412 min read
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Grieving the Body's Betrayal
Do you always like the way your body feels and looks in your clothes? Do you ever wish you could have different hair or just more of it?...
bethhewett
Feb 1, 20245 min read
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Grieving the 343—and More
In everyone’s life, there are incidents that are completely unforgettable. They are so stunning that they mark a before and an after that...
bethhewett
Sep 11, 20233 min read
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Moving Your Body for Traumatic Grief
Yoga, acting, and other body movement work can be good for grief, especially griefs that stem from traumatic experiences. Some...
bethhewett
Aug 18, 20233 min read
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When the Dying Belongs to All of Us
There are times in our lives when we strongly feel the deaths of others around us, the deaths of people we never knew but of whom we...
bethhewett
Jul 21, 20232 min read
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Motivation to Help: Grief and the Environment
As Dr. Francis Weller points out, we also grieve for our world—for the hurt done to others, for unnecessary pain, for war, for human-caused
bethhewett
Jul 14, 20234 min read
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Grief is Like . . . an Old Pair of Jeans
I like to share with other bereaved people different ways to think about their grief. One way to look at grief is to compare it with a...
bethhewett
Jul 7, 20233 min read
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Two Fathers; Two Sons
Two men. Two fathers. Each had a precious son in his early twenties. Had. Each son is now dead. Each man has more sorrow than he ever...
bethhewett
Jun 9, 20232 min read
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Unlikeable Me
Beth reviews the novel, The World Without You by Joshua Henckin through the lens of grief.
bethhewett
Apr 21, 20234 min read
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Don’t Hope for Hope. Make Hope!
Some bereaved people describe their grief as a sense of hopelessness, like the world won’t ever be right or fulfilling again. It can feel...
bethhewett
Apr 4, 20234 min read
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Kintsugi for the Love of the Broken Hearted
Grief is all about love. When someone we love dies or when we otherwise lose someone or something precious to us, we often feel the...
bethhewett
Jan 31, 20232 min read
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