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Loss has many faces

Posted on by Michael Rose
Grief is often associated with the physical death of someone we care about.  While grief certainly is experienced when we lose someone we love, there are many different kinds of loss that might cause us to experience grief. Grief is the natural and normal emotional response to loss of any kind.   It is conflicting feelings…
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Getting closure

Closure – Maybe not what you want

Posted on by Michael Rose
Words are important.  Words are symbols that are arranged in a certain order – but these string of symbols can carry great significance.  Words can be neutral or packed with negative or positive connotations which are greatly affected by the context in which they are used AND heard.  It is helpful to remember that communication is…
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