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Coping With Grief After Loss: The Awkward Reality Coping with grief after loss is one of the hardest things a person can go through — and yet, so much of what it actually feels like goes unsaid. We talk about grief in general terms: the stages, the sadness, the healing. But we rarely talk about …
The days are getting shorter, the light is changing, and if you’re someone who deals with seasonal depression, you probably already know what’s coming. Seasonal affective disorder, often shortened to SAD, does not usually announce itself. It creeps in around the same time the clocks change and the holiday ads start, and by the time …
Grief does not always come with the right words at the right time. Sometimes the things we most need to say to someone we lost never got said out loud. One of the most accessible tools I recommend to clients at Rising Sails is something anyone can do at home, with no special training and …
Grief insomnia is not often talked about during grief. My mom died in February 2020. For a long time after that, I did not really sleep. That was the year I forgot how to sleep. I do not mean I had a few restless nights. I mean I forgot how sleep worked. I would lie …
Anticipatory grief doesn’t always look like sitting at a bedside. Sometimes it looks like a phone call with test results, and a feeling you’re not proud of. This is also a story about caregiver guilt — the kind that shows up not because of what you did, but because of what you couldn’t give. My …
Anticipatory grief shows up in the smallest moments — long before a loss actually happens. This is one of mine. I walked into my mom’s hospital room and immediately noticed her bald head. No one warned me. There was no gentle heads-up in the hallway, no “before you go in, just so you’re prepared.” I …
Caregiving is one of the most profound acts of love a person can offer. It is also one of the most emotionally exhausting. And somewhere in the middle of the appointments, the medication schedules, the sleepless nights, and the endless phone calls — guilt shows up. Caregiver Guilt is Normal. For many caregivers, the guilt …
Is this grief? If you have ever asked yourself that question, you are in the right place. When most people hear the word “grief,” they picture one scene: a funeral, a casket, a loss everyone can see. But grief is much bigger than that. Many of the people I work with spend months — sometimes …
What is Anticipatory Grief? It is a kind of grief that begins long before a funeral. It starts in a doctor’s office, or during a phone call, or in the quiet moment when you realize the person you love is slipping away — slowly, and right in front of you. And if you are living …
What you’re feeling has a name: anticipatory grief. And it’s real, even when the people around you can’t see it. You told someone you love about the diagnosis. Or about the fear. Or about the phone call that changed everything. And they said something like: “At least they caught it early.” “You have to stay …
When you or someone you love receives a devastating chronic illness diagnosis, the immediate focus goes where it should — to the medical team, the treatment plan, the next appointment. You’re in logistics mode. You’re managing information, making decisions, showing up. What often doesn’t make the list is your emotional health. Not because it doesn’t …