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Music and Grief

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:February 26, 2023
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith/How to Help Someone in Grief
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Music can be an important part of our grief journey. Music and singing have been central to my being since I can remember. My sister and I grew up singing…

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TIME-OUT!

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:February 26, 2023
  • Post category:About Grief/Loss of a Child
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TIME-OUT! Hold on, there.  Whoa!  Hold your horses!  I did not sign up for this. I had no time to prepare. It came from out of the blue. Left field. Blindsided!  That…

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Hope Amongst the Punches

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:January 2, 2023
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing Through Faith
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There is hope amongst the punches and let's face it, life is hard! It feels especially tough when the hits seem to keep coming, one after the other. We feel…

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When It Was A Complicated Relationship

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:October 25, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith
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When our loved one dies, we usually start thinking of all their good attributes, and recall the sweet memories we’ve shared with them. What do we do with the bad…

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Is It Possible To Suffer Well?

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:September 21, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith
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When tragedy strikes, we live under the assumption that we are the only ones who are (or have ever) endured such pain. It’s only natural—it’s happening to US, in this moment. Who could…

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Birthday Time…Again

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:August 17, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Friend/Loss of a Parent/Loss of a Spouse
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“Today, is your birthday and I should be posting a new selfie with you, but I can’t.  I should be fixing your favorite supper and dessert, but I can’t.  I…

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SUICIDE—An Interview

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:July 13, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss By Suicide
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I cannot begin to understand what you are going through, if the person you love died by suicide. I am not trained in the mental health field, so my words…

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Heaven Holds My Heart

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:June 28, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith
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Today I had to pause and just watch the clouds for a bit....they are reminding me that beyond those clouds, past the galaxy, somewhere, is Heaven, and it holds a…

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Grief’s Impact on Relationships

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:May 14, 2022
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There are few things more damaging to a relationship than the death of someone very close to us. Our brains literally go into shock, causing a physical shift that we…

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Mother’s/Father’s Day…The Bereaved’s View

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:May 6, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Parent
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Any holiday can be tough, after someone we love has died. We are left with remnants of bygone memories and traditions—some worth recalling, others not so much!  Of particular difficulty can…

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