by Chalee Welch | Jan 28, 2019 |
Article: “Moving Forward: Dealing with Grief”Grieving the death of a loved one is an individual process. Some caregivers initially feel numb and disoriented, then endure pangs of yearning for the person who has died. Others feel anxious and have trouble...
by Chalee Welch | Jan 28, 2019 |
Article: “Getting Grief Right”By the time Mary came to see me, six months after losing her daughter to sudden infant death syndrome, she had hired and fired two other therapists. She was trying to get her grief...
by Chalee Welch | Jan 28, 2019 |
Confessions of a Funeral DirectorFriends, you’re not a failure!—When your loved one dies, you haven’t failed them.—When you haven’t practiced the best self care because death has consumed you, you’re not a...
by Chalee Welch | Jan 28, 2019 |
Helpful vs. Harmful ThoughtsIn our culture, we tend to be overly self-critical. Sometimes we are so preoccupied, we aren’t even aware of how harmful our thoughts can be to our well-being. We are hard on ourselves when it comes to our weight and appearance, whether...
by Chalee Welch | Jan 22, 2019 |
ABJ Blog: “Are We All Resilient? …Hell YES!”We are usually stronger than we give ourselves credit for… right? We often don’t know it until we meet an unexpected life challenge, like the loss of a loved one close to us. I’ve lost several loved ones...
