Grief and Beyond

Kindred Spirits is a private group for followers of Grief and Beyond . A place to share your feelings, give and receive advice and find companionship. Group members receive 15 percent discount on my fees.

I am a grief counsellor who knows exactly how you are feeling. I have dealt with the death of many loved ones, parents, friends, pets. The hardest death was of my eldest daughter Zoè who died aged 28 in 2010. Grief is a life long journey. Time softens the pain but the loss and the memories remain. I am available for private consultation should you feel the need for extra support. Meantime I send you all love and hope you find some peace xx

I would like to recommend a book My grief journal which is by a lovely lady called Natalea Mckechnie. Journaling is an excellent way of working through grief and the book contains information and advice on dealing with life at such a difficult time. A place for your private thoughts.

My Grief Journal This Journal is for people that are suffering with Grief It is a worksheet journal that has helpful questions and tips on dealing with grief

Grief Observed Podcast

When someone we love leaves this earth we will grieve. That’s a fact. Our hearts hurt and feel so empty. Far too often people try to rush us through the heavy days, weeks, and months of grief because they don’t understand. Grieving the loss of our child is not a punishment. It’s the price we pay for love.

Your Grief Feels Enormous When Someone Dies, Here's Why To better understand why your grief feels so overwhelming when someone dies, let's consider all the types of things a person might grieve.

Nobody tells us that a large part of the grief of child loss is fear. This new fear is overwhelming. It is something we've never felt before. We're so afraid of the future without our child. We're afraid of all of the new emotions we're experiencing. We're afraid of being alone. We're afraid that we weren't enough of a parent for our child. We're afraid of every phone call. We're afraid of the nightmares. We're afraid of the panic attacks. We're so afraid, and often this fear is paralyzing.

It's understandable that others get tired of hearing about the loss of our child. They want our grief to go away. They want to see us happy and whole again. Maybe -- just maybe -- it would be more helpful for all of us if we were taught how to live within the pain of our grief since we know that this pain is never going to totally go away. If we understood grief more, maybe we could control it just a little bit more.

When someone we love dies, we often have so many different feelings including shock, numbness, sadness, denial and anger.

The world as we knew it has been turned upside down and it’s often very hard to make any sense of it all.

Searching for answers and then trying to find the meaning of what has happened can bring a family closer together but can sometimes cause a family total despair.

It is important to remember that everyone grieves differently and there are no right or wrong ways to grieve the death of a loved one.

Our feelings and emotions can change from one day to the next, being aware of each other’s emotions, making allowances and being supportive is important.

Our grief feelings rarely coincide with someone else’s and remembering this can helpful 💙

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Zoe Clark-Coates