Grief is a normal response to the experience of loss. We grieve when we anticipate the loss of someone, lose or leave a place to live, lose financial or status change, experience ambiguous losses like those of the current pandemic, and when we hear news of the destruction of our planet. While keeping in mind that grief is...
Strong evidence points to the benefits of palliative care for patients with chronic serious illness, including improved symptom control and quality of life. While quality palliative care is accessible to many Canadians, not all persons with life limiting illness have access to palliative care...
Grieving is a very individual and personalized experience. It is influenced and shaped, not just by who or what we are grieving, but rather by our very essence of who we are, and how we’ve lived our lives. All that we experience creates within us what is referred to as ‘personal culture’...
Sexual grief. It seems that no one wants to talk about it. Yet, just like every other form of grief, it can have a serious impact on our health and overall well-being during and beyond the period of our bereavement. So, as uncomfortable as it may be for some of us, acknowledging and attending to that grief is...
This is the time of year when anxieties about the holidays begin to creep up on us, especially if we’re grieving a loss of a significant relationship, loss of a pet of companion, the loss of our employment, health or home. The losses and stress we feel may be going unnoticed or unacknowledged because of all the pandemic...