Grief can completely and totally warp our sense of self when it occurs. The person that you become afterwards may be unrecognizable, both to yourself and to others. Since everyone is different, there’s no guarantee how death will change your emotional makeup. People may tell you things about yourself that they see or notice as time goes on. You might… Read More »Do You See Yourself As Others See You? A Self Reflection Activity.
I know it’s impossible to avoid having to experience just how kids deal with grief but I still can’t help but wish they didn’t have to, or that no one has to. But they are going to be exposed to death at some point and in some way, directly or indirectly. Even if everyone in your family lives long, healthy… Read More »How Kids Deal With Grief
I wanted to share a page in my art journal today that can also be used by you as a dreamcatcher coloring page. Many people are fascinated by dreamcatchers. They are beautiful and seem to have an interesting history behind them, which I will talk a little more about below. The reason I found myself drawing a dream catcher in… Read More »Dreamcatcher Coloring Page Activity
I have been stalling on this article about surviving holidays with grief, even though at this time of writing it, the holidays are bearing down on us. I’ve been stalling on it because I don’t like the holidays. And why? BECAUSE OF GRIEF. My mother died in 2013, my husband in 2016, my grandmother in 2021. Even after all this… Read More »Surviving Holidays With Grief
Today, I want to show you an art activity I tried on how to remember loved ones. With this activity, you can create your very own personal memorial that you can keep and possibly hang up for you and anyone else to see. And if you celebrate Day of the Dead or Dia de Los Muertos, then you can put… Read More »How to Remember Loved Ones…A Memorial Activity.
Today, I’d like to share with you a grief and safety photo activity. I think this one can be really fun as well as easy because most of us usually have instant access to photography due to this being the cell phone age. You don’t need a lot of materials, just the willingness and time to be free with pictures… Read More »Grief and Safety Photo Activity. Find Your Safe Place!
It seems unfair that on top of grief, we may wind up mourning the loss of a friendship, too. A common experience that I hear about is the drastic change in what we thought were close friendships after we lose someone. Many of us completely lose friends during the grieving stage, whether it’s anticipatory grief or early grief or a… Read More »When Friends Abandon You. Mourning the Loss of a Friendship.
A lot of people find inspiration, motivation or just comfort in reading quotes. Sometimes, I am one of these people, but most of the quotes I have liked are lines out of stories because I like to read so much. Recently, however, I started a new board on my Pinterest account for grief encouragement quotes and saved a few that I… Read More »A Collage of Grief Encouragement Quotes
A common activity I have seen in grief and loss support groups, as well as online suggestions for managing these kind of emotions, is writing a grief letter. This can be a therapeutic activity that allows you to talk to the person that you have lost, as if they were still alive and able to fully listen to everything you… Read More »Writing a Grief Letter to Your Loved One
Last night, my family and I did a Day of the Dead skull art activity. I have become more aware of the Day of the Dead holiday or Día de Los Muertos in recent years and a lot of it is due to grief. Being in a country like the United States, we don’t have any history or culture that approaches death in… Read More »Day of the Dead Skull Art Activity