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Kristie West — Healing your grief so you can think about, talk about, and love them, without it hurting you anymore — Page 18

R.E.S.P.E.C.T – Why doesn’t death get any at all?

by Kristie West June 13, 2012

R.E.S.P.E.C.T – Why doesn’t death get any at all?   We celebrate birth. It’s a big deal.  In fact we don’t just celebrate birth….. we also celebrate the anniversary of birth every single year.  We congratulate each other on it, throw parties, buy presents. Yup birth is a big deal and we give it a […]

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Enough of the B.S. – here is my REAL story of the deaths in my life

by Kristie West June 7, 2012
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 Enough of the B.S. – here is my REAL story of the deaths in my life                     (While I’m updating my story and message here is an updated photo too)   As one of my good friends would say “honesty call”….. I’ve very recently had a […]

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‘Positive thinking’ and how it messes with death awareness and GRIEF

by Kristie West May 26, 2012

‘Positive thinking’ and how it messes with death awareness and G.R.I.E.F   You might have studied some books or courses on positive thinking, dipped your toe in or dived right in, or you may have come across ‘positive thinkers’.  But working with G.R.I.E.F and death awareness I have found positive thinking doesn’t help….if anything it […]

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Celebrating Easter after a death – Finding gratitude in amongst the grief

by Kristie West April 9, 2012

    Celebrating Easter after a death – Finding gratitude in amongst the grief     Easter is another one of these celebratory days that may or may not have religious significance for you but, with or without that, have come to mean time with the ones you love, particularly family. But when someone you love has […]

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“Daddy, what if you die?” Talking to kids about death.

by Kristie West March 26, 2012

“Daddy, what if you die?”  Talking to kids about death. What would your answer to that question be? A friend of mine recently shared a story with me that really inspired me and I wanted to share it with you. He recently lost his father-in-law.  For his little boy, who had just lost his grandfather, […]

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5 tips for getting through Mother’s Day when you’ve lost your Mum.

by Kristie West March 16, 2012

 5 tips for getting through Mother’s Day when you’ve lost your Mum Mother’s day, like other holidays (particularly the first ones) can be very tough when you have lost your mum.  But it doesn’t have to be a day you struggle through.  This Mother’s day, make it a day that you celebrate your mum… regardless of whether she […]

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Lessons about self-love…and learning them the hard way…and what the heck that has to do with GRIEF

by Kristie West March 11, 2012

 Lessons about self-love…and learning them the hard way…and what the heck that has to do with grief          Ooo not sure I’ve noticed that sign to the left before……   How long has that been there?!   If you’ve followed my blog for a while you may have noticed a stark drop […]

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Valentine’s day – how can you support the parent who’s left?

by Kristie West February 14, 2012

Valentine’s day – how can you support  the parent who’s left? There are many tough aspects of losing your mum or dad.  One of these can be how to help and support the parent who is left. There can be obligation here, a feeling that you need to somehow fill the shoes of the parent […]

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Rockin’ out at ‘Deathfest’ 2012

by Kristie West February 2, 2012

Having told a couple of people last week – a couple of people who didn’t know me – that I was going to attend a death festival, I was then faced with questions about what type of music was going on at this ‘festival’. Nope this is not the type of festival I would have […]

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Book recommendation: ‘Thriving Loss’ by Tabitha Jayne

by Kristie West January 31, 2012
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Book recommendation: ‘Thriving Loss’ by Tabitha Jayne If you’ve followed me for a while you may have noticed I haven’t recommended other people’s work or books etc at all in the 13 months that I have been blogging.  It isn’t for lack of wanting to!  It’s from there being a huge lack of modern, ground-breaking […]

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