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The Story of Memory Bears Made From Grandpa’s Flannels

Losing a loved one can be challenging, especially for young children, so finding creative ways to comfort them is essential. But of course, everyone has a different way of dealing with grief, especially children. This is why grownups can look for creative things like “memory bears” to help accompany them through troubling times. Find out ...

Mike West

Memory bears are made from materials from a recently diseased individual.

How to Help a Friend Going Through a Miscarriage

Going through a miscarriage can be an extremely difficult time for most people. If you’ve got a friend going through it, you probably wonder how to support them. If you’ve experienced it, it can be easier to help a friend going through the same thing. However, if you haven’t experienced it, finding the right words ...

Mike West

Going through a miscarriage.

Why Franz Kafka Wrote the Travelling Doll Letters

The novelist Franz Kafka’s letters to a young girl showed that although one thing may be gone, something else can come in and fill the void. The letters also showed that although the doll had to go, it was still remembered and loved. Franz Kafka was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer based in Prague, widely regarded ...

Mike West

A Park bench.

How to Deal With Intense Grief

One of life’s most terrible experiences is the death of a loved one. So naturally, this causes great sorrow and intense grief in even the strongest. Grieving would be easier to understand if it followed a rational course with stages that neatly fit into categories. However, intense emotions might arise at any point during the ...

Ratul Saha

A girl grieving on a beach.

Dealing With Grief

Coping with losing someone or something you love is one of life’s biggest challenges. Often, the pain of grief can feel overwhelming. In addition, you may experience difficult and unexpected emotions, from shock or anger to disbelief, guilt, and profound sadness. This pain can also disrupt your physical health, making it difficult to sleep, eat, ...

Mike West

Grief therapy.

5 Stages of Grief

By December 2020, it was reported that there were approximately 1,813,188 deaths from the global pandemic worldwide. This has led to a tremendous amount of grief. As the end of 2021 draws closer by the day, we have yet to receive the official statistics on this year’s global death toll, but the figures are expected ...

Katrina Hicks

Woman with little buy at the graveyard looking at a gravestone.

Can You Die From a Broken Heart?

Intense grief can cause a great deal of stress on the heart, which could lead to stress-induced cardiomyopathy, also known as the “broken-heart syndrome.” So yes, you can die from a broken heart if you find yourself under enough stress. This not only applies to the loss of a partner, but also to anyone you ...

Emma Lu

A broken leaf heart.

Metal: The Purist Understanding of This Element in TCM

The ability to let go is related to the strength of the metal element in your body. The lungs and the large intestine are the organs that correspond with the metal element. These are the only two organs that open to the outside world, and allow for the release of waste from the body. Teaching ...

Jessica Kneipp

metal door - metal in traditional chinese medicine