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The Power of EMDR
The power of both sides of your brain, working together. I am what is often called a wounded healer . I’ve lived through big things,...
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Sep 292 min read


I never thought I would be here
“I never thought I would be here.” It’s said to me often, in those very first sessions when someone sits down across from me for the...
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Sep 232 min read


Couples: Together in Different Grief
When couples experience loss, it can feel like they are walking two separate paths that run side by side. Grief is deeply personal. We...
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Sep 181 min read


But I had a plan!
"But I should not be dealing with this right now..." "This is not how it was supposed to be..." "But if I wait that means it will be so...
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Mar 172 min read


Abortion can be grieved. And I am here for the bereft.
Stillbirth, orphan, widow, we have many terms we use to describe the deaths we experience. It is human nature, isn't it? This nearly...
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May 16, 20242 min read


I Just Can't Imagine
I am really glad you just can't imagine. I remember what it was like to not know of this pain. I remember who I was before. I actually...
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Apr 6, 20241 min read


Grief is Love
I have always found it interesting how there appears to be a socially acceptable "timeline" to grief. When a person suffers a profound...
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Apr 4, 20241 min read


All Loss is Equal
All loss is equal. This is not a competition. Pain is valid. Be that a pain that you feel from the loss of a parent or the loss of a...
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Apr 4, 20241 min read


A snapshot of Grief: One year, 3 months and 17 days
My grief for my daughter Ava feels like the day after the storm. Where the ocean is high and it roars into the land stripping away at the...
melissakrawecki
Mar 18, 20242 min read
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