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Dying: Delving Into Its Complex Psychology

Posted on January 29, 2007 - by admin

Since the 1960s, psychologists known as Thanatologists have given especial attention to the needs of the patients who know they are dying. The Thanatologists study and analyze the surroundings of persons who approach death. These psychologists also examine the inner experiences of such persons. These experts have identified many stages that these patients as well as their near and dear ones experience. The Thanatologists have identified the following stages of dying persons, viz., No, Not me! (isolation and denial); Why me (anger, rage, envy, and resentment); If I am good, can I then live (bargaining); What’s the use (depression); and […]

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January 26, 2007 Dealing with Professionals: Death of a Troubled Child – French Smith

Posted on January 26, 2007 - by admin

Dealing with Professionals: Death of a Troubled Child – French Smith November 25th, 2006 . by The Grief Blog HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART Dealing with Professionals: Death of a Troubled Child Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley With guest: French Smith January 26, 2006 G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley. Welcome to Healing the Grieving Heart. Before we start our show today, I?d like to deal with several emails that I?ve received. One of them is from a chapter leader in Houston, Texas, and he has bought my ten CDs of my first ten shows and he says that they?re excellent but […]

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Radio Show Guest: Dinah Taylor – January 25th – 9 AM PST – Noon EST

Posted on January 25, 2007 - by admin

My name is Dinah Taylor, mother of one, Jim (deceased) and wife of a university president.? I have always been defined as a daughter, sister, wife, mother, president?s wife; but the greatest badge I have ever worn was that of Mother.? When our son was killed in an auto accident, I lost my greatest role that of Mother.?? Jim was the child I shouldn?t have been able to have.? He came into this world with pneumonia and had a lot of challenges early in life so we assumed he would live forever after combating so many challenges at such a […]

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JANUARY 25: Joining in Memory of Jim – Dinah Taylor

Posted on January 25, 2007 - by admin

HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART Joining in Memory of Jim Hosts:? Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley With guest:? Dinah Taylor January 25, 2007 G:?Hello.? I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley with my co-host H:?Dr. Heidi Horsley.? G:?Each week we welcome you to Healing the Grieving Heart, a show of hope and conversation with those who have suffered the loss of a loved one and for health care professionals who work in this most difficult field.? As always the message is others have been there before you, you do not walk alone.? If you?re listening to our Thursday live Internet show, please […]

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January 25, 2007: Joining in Memory of Jim – Dinah Taylor

Posted on January 25, 2007 - by admin

JANUARY 25, 2007 – JOINING IN MEMORY OF JIM – DINAH TAYLOR:? Dinah and her husband, Dr. James Taylor, president of the University of Cumberlands, Williamsburg Kentucky, lost their only child, Young Jim, in May of 1991 in an automobile accident.? After Jim’s death, Dinah honored him by contacting and supporting other parents who had lost children.? Dinah has a strong desire that the community remembered the deceased children of Williamsburg.? For ten years following Jim’s death, Dinah and her husband sponsored a bereavement conference at the University.? The conference was called J.I.M.’s picnic (Joining In Memory).? Join us on […]

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Coping with the Loss of a Loved One

Posted on January 24, 2007 - by admin

When you have suffered the loss of a loved one, you may feel quite hopeless and life may seem to have lost its meaning. These feelings may last for months or years. Grieving is a completely individual process, there is no right way or wrong way to mourn the loss of those you love. However, there are several measures that can be taken which may help you cope through the darkest days.

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LOSS: When the Heart Heals…A Widow’s Story

Posted on January 24, 2007 - by Abel Keogh

At this point, widowed for about 18 months, I met Hal the night I attended my last bereavement support group meeting. I was instantly attracted to his energy. We seemed to have a lot in common, both professionally and emotionally. I gave him my business card with the knowing feeling that he would call, but I had no idea if it would be in a week or a year. I hold a life’s philosophy that things happen when they should.

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Moving On With Life

Posted on January 22, 2007 - by admin

Sometimes life has the habit of kicking us in the teeth, perhaps through no fault of our own. Things gets tough and we have periods of sorrow and hurt, this could be the death of a loved one, a breakup of relationships or sickness. We have two options to dealing with what life throws at us and these are to give up and go into depression or to accept whatever happens in life and then move on with our lives, if we make the right choice then we grieve of course, then pick ourselves up and move on with our […]

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LOSS and LOVE: Love Revisited…Helpful Do’s & Don’ts for the Widow/Widower Embracing New Love

Posted on January 20, 2007 - by

Is it possible to mourn the loss of a beloved spouse and, while still grieving, to not only meet someone special, but fall in love and begin to build a new relationship that includes a commitment to sharing your lives? Can we overlap our loving and our grieving? The answer is aprofound: YES! But, to smooth the path, keep these helpful Dos and Donts in mind:

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For the New Widow — What We Worry About

Posted on January 19, 2007 - by

We are alone. And we worry about that. We worry we will die alone. We buried our life partner. And now we worry about who will bury us? Who will walk our dogs, who will feed our cats when we’re gone?

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