Hi everybody, Steve here. I just have a short post today with what I hope is a bit of helpful advice. Dad sent me an email last week with a story about how you shouldn’t use your cruise control when it’s raining, because it can cause an accident. At the time I didn’t care and […]
Henry here. CNN reports in its entertainment section that audiences were moved to tears by the depiction of the flight on 9/11 of “United 93”, in which the passengers tried to wrestle the plane back from hijackers before it was crashed into a field, killing everyone.
My guess is that many Americans will think […]
Acknowledgment
Greetings, Henry here. I’ve been talking about the stages of dealing with a grief or a crisis. The first two stages I talked about were those of Shock (which we perceive as overwhelming), and Denial (where we attempt to avoid reality). Now we come to the third stage: that of acknowledgment.
Grief is one […]
Good day to all, Henry here. We got a bit sidetracked for Christmas, but I wanted to give a few more thoughts on grief. As I said in my last post, shock is the first stage of grief and loss. The second stage is denial: “No. This has not happened!” It is critical to realize […]
“Treat for shock and send for a doc.” That was the theme song of everyone who taught first aid and dealing with trauma. How do you do that? Remembering my experiences of trauma, I wanted to be reassured, surrounded by warmth and care and bundled up in a warm blanket.
This is my third post on […]
Most companies give you two or three bereavement days if you have lost a loved one through death. We generally tend to think that people should get over their grief in a very short time. This is a generally accepted idea but it is wrong. It takes a long time to deal with our grief. […]
I have been missing for most of the past week. My apologies, but I had a good reason. My brother-in-law, my wife’s only brother, died suddenly. Everything else took a back seat as we got up to Montreal, and eventually to Trenton, Ontario, for the funeral.
This experience has made me decide to write a workshop […]