Posts in Grief & Loss
One Week in February

This week marks 14 years. I hadn’t thought about that week for quite some time until this past weekend. It was a week that had it all. From the highs of a well-thought out plan and a ring, to a concert and a cruise ship; to the lows of a call from the captain and a funeral. It was certainly a week I won't soon forget...

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Grief & Loss, TrustNick Braschler
The Difference Between Sympathy and Empathy

Empathy means experiencing someone else’ feelings. It requires an emotional component of really feeling what the other person feels because you have been through the same situation. While sympathy, on the other hand, means understanding someone else’s suffering, even being there for them though you have never experienced the same.

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Hope is Not a Plan

Some might recoil a bit at this article…it is about planning for the end of life. There is a lack of knowledge regarding what we can or should do to prepare for the end of our lives. Some don’t want to talk about it, as if talking about death would make it come sooner. I admit that it is hard to talk about and easy to procrastinate...

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