Category: Loss
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Coping with the Boston Marathon Bombing
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When we are paralyzed by fear in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings and a small voice whispers – “What’s going to happen to me?” Here’s how to cope with the resulting traumatic stress.
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Mourning a Mentor – Remembering Susan Jeffers
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Susan Jeffers death has hit me pretty hard. If it had not been for her wisdom and mentoring, my first book may never have been published. Susan taught me to “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway!”
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There Is to Be No Grieving
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When my mother and grandmother died in a DC-3 crash I was 12 years old. The rule in my family was “There is to be no grieving.” Incomplete or unresolved or complicated grieving has powerful long-term effects throughout our lives. As with others who have experienced significant childhood challenges, I’m repeatedly reminded that healing is…
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Honoring The Immortality of Teachers
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Decades ago my Omaha Central High School English teacher, Marcia Blacker, asked a question that made a huge difference for me. Somebody cared. Many years later I located her and thanked her. Our friendship has flourished.
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Hope and Fear and Hunger Games
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Watching the Hunger Games movie lets us recognize how our hopes and fears are connected to expectations, disappointment, loss and rejection.
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What’s Going to Happen to Me? Facing and Overcoming Fear
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Fear is in the air and it’s contagious and debilitating. Fear brings up helplessness, uncertainty, worry, apprehension and anxiety. Put fear in perspective and get it under control by understanding how and why you are affected by outside events and what steps you can take to overcome the fear.