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Feeling all the Feels

July 31, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

How Grief Impacts Feelings At age 26, I received a helpful definition for feelings. You may be thinking that could be a bit late in life to receive information about something that impacts life on a daily basis and you would be right. Regardless of timing, I gratefully received this definition. “Feelings are spontaneous, inner […]

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The Many Masks of Grief

May 8, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

A pile of varying Mardi Gras masks.

. . . my story   What am I feeling? Bad. I feel bad. Am I experiencing this feeling from a lack of sleep? Have I eaten?   I’m feeling depressed. Is this feeling related to another step in my grief? Another reality check? (I check the calendar…is this an anniversary my body is remembering?) […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: envy and widowhood, widowed guilt, widowed suddenly, widowed depression, widower, healing for widowed, anxiety, Widowed Lonliness, widowhood and moving forward, widowed sadness

Facing Ambush

April 24, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Person peeking around the door into a dark room

Part of the Work of Grief Sometimes your feelings are right. You need to take a chill pill, slow down, hang out with friends, and cry your heart out. Other times, they need to be corrected. What you need to do then is examine your emotions, separate false from truth, make a plan for refreshing, […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Newly Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed fears, widowed depression, widowed grief triggers, milestones, healing for widowed, anxiety, sadness

Thoughts on Time: Night

June 28, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a strange relationship with time. I see time as a formidable adversary; time surely sees me as troublesome or unmanageable. In my mind I imagine a cartoon with a tiny me looking up at a huge clock saying, “You’re not the boss of me!” Time and […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Newly Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: widowed depression, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward

Healing Support Tools: Widowed Peeps

June 21, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Volunteers at Camp Widow San Diego at book store.

What kind of support do widowed people need? Many people are familiar with the five stages of grief, but mourning a loved one rarely happens in a clear or predictable manner. You might cycle repeatedly through different emotions, or you may feel everything at once. Every widow or widower processes grief in their own way […]

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Healing Support Tools: The Labyrinth

May 31, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

woman standing at the edge of a small outdoor labyrinth.

Labyrinths represent a journey or path to our own center and back again. The labyrinth serves as a metaphor for life’s journey. —Healing Consciousness Foundation What is a labyrinth? There are many definitions for the word “labyrinth”. One simple way to explain it is “a series of circuitous paths that lead to the center and […]

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Crying Feels Different Now

August 4, 2021 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

woman with hands on face, crying

Lately I’ve Been Thinking About Tears . . . . . . feeling them stream down my face and having the sensation that my tears are somehow different now. Rather than tears, they feel like mountain streams with inadequate dams to hold them in place. The tears come without warning and they flow in a […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: crying, decades together, grieving process, widowed emotions, healing through art, hope for widowed, widowed depression

Someone else’s memories *sigh*

February 6, 2020 by Bryan Martin 1 Comment

Just an ordinary widowed day. Get up, brush my teeth, look at the dishes and laundry I didn’t have time to do, *sigh*, take the dog out – Pretty standard these days. Roan and I start our walk grabbing a bag because we pick up after ourselves. Well actually I clean up after us. Just me. No one to help. *sigh*.  We walk the same way every morning…

Filed Under: Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Memories, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One Tagged With: widower, young widow, widowed signs from our loved ones, sadness, memories, widowed depression, unmarried widow, widowed grief triggers

Skeletons in the Closet

February 1, 2020 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

  Well it’s almost 2 years now and I finally gave in. I haven’t really gone through our closet since Tin passed away.  Each time I’d go in the closet I would feel like there were skeletons about to grab me. I’d choke up seeing a jacket he wore, a scarf he wrapped, a shirt that was there for a special event we had together. Sometimes I…

Filed Under: Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Memories, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed Tagged With: hope for widowed, Widowed Lonliness, widowed depression, widowhood and moving forward, unmarried widow, memories, widowed grief triggers, widowed guilt, widower, young widow, milestones, healing for widowed, anxiety, sadness, widowed fears, LGBTQ Widowed

Social Media Inspiration

January 24, 2020 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

After awhile, our friends and family don’t get the daily loss reminders we do. I get these strong urges to post on social media and remind them but those posts have evolved into a way to try and help anyone who needs it. This week, as I sit in my car, I just started writting….. It’s been almost 2 years since Clayton passed away. Sometimes it…

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Knowing Ahead

January 5, 2020 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

The holiday season is over.  Starting in early November, every year, I begin pondering Megan’s death at an elevated rate, leading up to the anniversary of it.  With Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day all occurring in the weeks just after, it’s two months of absolute stress, that nobody seems to understand, including myself.  My…

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Already A New Year without You

December 28, 2019 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

I’m halfway through this winter warfare others call “the most wonderful time of the year”. The annual arrival of the four holiday horsemen. Just as one battle ends another commences giving us barely enough time to heal the wounds and gather back the troops. Thanksgiving with grief in the gravy. Christmas’ hallmark heartaches. Now the…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Memories, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: sadness, memories, widowed holidays, widowed depression, unmarried widow, widowed grief triggers, widower, young widow, milestones, anxiety

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