By Peggy Green of Thee Grief Specialist
In just a few days I am attending a memorial service for Sam (his name has been changed for privacy). Sam was a young man in his early twenties….
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by Peggy Green of Thee Grief Specialist
I have always felt compassion and understanding for others on a higher level. I am an empath and highly sensitive to the emotions of others. As an empath, I already feel everything on a more intense level. Even day-to-day events can hit a nerve and create an emotional response.
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By Peggy Green of Thee Grief Specialist
Death of a child is unique. It is a mother’s worst nightmare. As a mother, you never expect to outlive your child. It changes your total being from the core. There is a hole in your heart and a yearning to be reunited with your child. Your circle of friends changes because they do not know how to help you. They are afraid to say and do the wrong things. They cannot comprehend the depth of your pain and do not know how to support you in difficult times.
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Grief and Mourning at Work: How to Get the Support You Need (Part III)
In this 3-part series on Grief and Mourning at Work: How to Get the Support You Need, we have covered the importance of having an open line of communication with your employer, and how to educate fellow employees to help you with tips on helping yourself. In the third and final part, we connect the dots and circle back around to managing them with self-care. Remember those 4 areas of acute symptoms of grief: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual ? When you take care of yourself, you are healing, and it helps with your ability to return to work after loss and your performance while on the job.
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This is a continuation of the series “Grief and Mourning at Work: How to Get the Support You Need”
by Peggy Green of Thee Grief Specialist
I hear time and time again from others who are grieving that it is a necessity to return to work. The most common reason is financial. Second is the fear of losing their job for being absent too long.
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I posted this on my Facebook page on May 22, 2021, “It has been 30 years since my sweet daughter, Courtney Rochelle Green, became an angel. She is my first child angel. Connor my son, followed her in 2018. I know they are watching after me and their sisters.”
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by Peggy Green of Thee Grief Specialist
I received a reply to this question: “what are you doing to help yourself move through your grief?”
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by Peggy Green of Thee Grief Specialist
People want to know that their lives matter. But to whom or for what?
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Grief and Mother’s Day 2021
If I were to count the Mother’s Day without my daughter, it is 30 and without my son it is three. Counting Mother’s Day without them however does not make me feel better. It actually makes me feel worse. Focusing on them not being with me causes the wounds to reopen. I relive the days they passed and the heartache that came along with it. Those are the bad memories associated with them. I would rather focus on the good, so I have been intentional to look for the positive and remember the joy I had with them.
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