September is Suicide Prevention Month. I always dread this month. I never feel adequate to talk about suicide and grieving. I believe a lot of you reading this news article may have felt like this as well. The topic of suicide has such a stigma attached to it in our culture that we very rarely …
When we lose someone, we experience grief. Sometimes, grief progresses in a healthy, normal way. Other times it can be a very lonely process that isolates us in our pain, anger, and denial. If you are stuck in these intense emotions for a long time, you may need help navigating your grief. A grief counselor …
Grief can be lonely and isolating and is often stuffed down, numbed out, or walled off. This is accepted as normal in our North American Culture. We get 3 to 5 days off work, have a funeral to say our goodbyes and go back to work the next week like it never happened. We have …
July is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) month. Did you know that anyone can suffer from a traumatic incident? PTSD is most often associated with soldiers or people who have suffered a natural disaster, but it is more common than we think. Anyone at any time can suffer from a trauma that may cause significant …
Most men are silent grievers. They hold their emotions very close to their hearts and they avoid anything or anyone that makes them reflect on what they have lost. It costs too much to connect with their pain. After all, we hold a strong myth in our Western culture that men can’t cry, or they …
How many of you had the chance to say goodbye to your loved ones during covid? Not many of us were allowed to attend a service and the services themselves were small. They lacked the community and relational bonds that we so desperately need when our loved ones pass on. Many of us lack closure …
Funeral Services and Grief: How they help and what happens when you don’t have one. Read More »
Your grief isn’t over when the funeral ends. Life goes on, but that person isn’t here anymore. Oliver’s Funeral Home is committed to helping families through all stages of a loss. We offer in-house grief counselling to anyone who needs it. Kimberly Talmey, RPC-C is a Certified Professional Counsellor who has a passion for helping …
Grief is a natural emotional response to any type of change or transition that we experience in our lifetime. This means that as soon as we are born, we are experiencing grief. For example, the change from pregnancy to being born and the new mom from being pregnant and giving birth. Although these are great …
Pets are a part of the family. They are intimately involved in our lives and they definitely notice when we are not around. Just like humans, pets experience grief when someone they love passes away. However, pets can have a hard time understanding what has happened and why they no longer see their person anymore. …
How Do You Comfort A Pet Who Has Lost Their Human? Read More »
“It has been a year! It feels like it has been forever since the funeral! Why do I still feel so bad?” Does this sound familiar? Or maybe, “I was feeling on top of the world for months and now I can’t make myself get out of bed. I can’t eat, I can’t sleep, and …
It is January and it is cold and snowy. The kids are preparing to go back to school. Parents are getting ready to face the work weeks ahead without the anticipation of a break until spring. It can be dull and gray outside, unlike the similar picture of how some of us might feel inside. …
Among the joy filled laughter and the excited squeals of the young children is the silent mourner who is dreading this season. The reminder of Christmases past with their loved one at the top of the hearts and memories the holiday season can be a cruel reminder of what was lost all over again. Isolating …
