Janette Brown, MA, LMFT (info-link)
Big Change, Loss or Grief
These
may well be the hardest of all human experiences.
How
you know your world, seemingly dissolves. There is rawness. Numbness or
emptiness is something felt easily. Though experiences vary,
there are certain
commonalities to loss or change that may give some
comfort, when and if comfort
is what we want; there is also something to be said for
immersing in sorrow
when it comes, because surprisingly __
paradoxically __ there is also comfort
there. Sorrow is where we heal.
Physical
death can bring grief, but so can separation, unelected change, and
illness
(our own, or a loved one's). When big change comes, we need
our friends, and we
need to become our own best friend.
Take
good care of your self
Some
resources that can help include:
o persons who have.
o places where we made important connections
o stories written by people who know death or change*
Suggested
authors:
John C Lily http://www.elliottbaybook.com/product/info.jsp?isbn=1579510388
Clark
E Moustakas http://www.amazon.com/Loneliness-Love-Clark-E-Moustakas/dp/0135403863
(*for
Harry Potter fans, the author wrote, fresh
from experiencing the death of her mother)
JK Rowling http://www.elliottbaybook.com/product/info.jsp?isbn=0545010225
classic
(*the
author of the best on the topic writes,
facing her own final illness, about living life fully)
Elizabeth
Kubler-Ross http://www.elliottbaybook.com/product/info.jsp?isbn=8466617094
Stephen
Levine http://www.elliottbaybook.com/product/info.jsp?isbn=0385262213
poetry
Robert Bly
http://www.elliottbaybook.com/product/info.jsp?isbn=0060928735
Stephen
Mitchell http://www.elliottbaybook.com/product/info.jsp?isbn=0609609017