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What’s normal about grief after a workplace death?

by Susan Haldane | Mar 27, 2015 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care

Secretly, don’t we all just want to know we’re normal? But when a workplace tragedy turns your world upside down, you may feel like “normal” is a whole different planet. The good news, according to Dr. Phil Carverhill, is that when it comes to grieving, “normal”...

Men, Grief and Anger

by Roy Ellis | Mar 12, 2015 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care

Jerry arrived at my counselling office angry and trembling. As I shut the door and sat down across from him, I could see he was livid. As he began to talk, it became clear that he had a bone to pick with the medical system of which I was a part. Melody, Jerry’s wife of thirty-five years, had suffered an aggressive form of cancer which the doctors had not immediately diagnosed. Following diagnosis, the couple experienced a string of medical gaffs and missteps that now, six months after her death, had become the focus of Jerry’s emotions. Actually, anger had pretty much taken over his life.

Support for families in grief after workplace tragedy

by Susan Haldane | Mar 9, 2015 | How We Help

“I knew what it was like to be floating in the dark without someone to stand by you,” Liz Webley says. Despite support from family and friends, after her first husband Dick’s death, Liz felt alone and isolated in her grief. Her husband Dick VanRooyen was killed in...