We as human beings feel pain, whether that pain is emotional or physical, we all have experiences of being hurt at some point in our lives. What truly separates us, is how we each deal with it.

No one is born a victim, but everyone gets injured, harmed, cheated or fooled during their life, if not physically then emotionally. You don't have to stay stuck and live your life feeling like a victim. You have the choice to change your story.

Working from home for some people often creates feelings of loneliness and isolation. Going to the supermarket and seeing empty shelves, can feel so deeply distressing. Everything that is happening in our world right now, can affect our mental health negatively. However, there are many effective ways to help manage your fears and anxiety.

Most people only associate grief with death, and yes, death certainly is a huge loss. However, there are many other life events that can produce feelings of sadness and grief, the Coronavirus is one of them.

Delayed grief... is just that. It's grief that you do not fully experience in the moment of your loss. This grief can show up weeks, months, even years, after you've experienced a loss, and it can hit you right out of the blue.

Leaving an abusive relationship can bring up such conflicting feelings for so many people, The more dysfunctional the relationship the more complicated the grief.

If you have parents that have not responded to your emotions as a child, you learn that your emotional needs are irrelevant and should be avoided. Emotional neglect is not the same as emotional abuse, it’s easier to disguise. However, it has the ability to have a long lasting impact on a person.

Grief is the normal and natural response to any major change that happens in our life. When grief is caused by a sudden and unexpected death, then those who are left behind are often filled with an enormous amount of unfinished and incomplete business in that emotional relationship.

Give Grief a Chance Podcast

When I spoke with some young people about climate change, they said that they "really worry about their futures and living on a hotter planet due to the increased greenhouse emissions and global warming." They feel hopeless and scared about their futures, and that stress and worry is taking it's toll on their mental health.