I’ve been taking a close look recently at the practice of forgiveness. I’m a bit hesitant to write about it because it can be such a triggery topic for people – but I also feel it’s a very important topic to discuss. When the topic of forgiving someone comes up many people get very angry [...]
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Forgiveness
Posted in Anger, Emotion, Grief, letting go, tagged Anger, avoiding grief, forgiveness, forgiveness and grief, resentment on March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Stages of Grief: A Few Thoughts
Posted in Anger, Depression, Emotion, Grief, tagged elements of grief, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Grief, stages of grief on January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“What is your opinion on the 5 stages of grief?”
When I do presentations on healing grief and helping others to heal grief, someone always asks this question (referencing Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’ 5 stages of death). I’ve been somewhat hesitant to write on this topic for a couple reasons. One, I have enormous respect for Elizabeth Kubler-Ross [...]
A Few Ways to Deal with Anger
Posted in Anger, Emotion, tagged Anger, Dealing with anger, Focusing on July 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In my last post I talked about how anger isn’t a bad thing — it just has a bad reputation. I promised to talk about some ways to deal with anger when it comes up so here goes:
Get out of your mind and into your body
Personally, when I get angry there is usually a thousand [...]
Huh? It’s okay to be angry?
Posted in Anger, Emotion, Grief, tagged Anger, emotions, grief process on July 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I see a lot of kids in therapy who have been through anger management classes. When we start talking about their experiences with anger, I often get eye rolls, shoulder shrugs, and hear things like, “I know, I know. I need to stop getting angry. I should just not be angry.”
I reply with, “No. There’s [...]
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