by Benjamin Allen | Dec 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
For some, the Holidays can be the most challenging time of the year. So here’s a free ‘Holiday Self Care Guide’ with 5 practical tips to help you get through in one piece.Click Here to Get the Holiday Self-Care Guide Feeling the loss of the ones you...
by Benjamin Allen | Nov 5, 2014 | coping with loss, reflections on grief recovery
Grief lies between the borders of yesterday and today. Loss lives in each moment, but no moment is an island. The life of yesterday shadows today in so many ways, in so many moments…in every way, in every moment. Moments are filled with what was, what is…and what will...
by Benjamin Allen | Nov 5, 2014 | books for grieving parents, reflections on grief recovery
We are on the front end of the holiday trifecta. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years loom on the horizon. For most, it is a festive season. But for those living in loss it is often a difficult season of sorrow and endurance. When Lydia and my first child, Bryan,...
by Benjamin Allen | Aug 22, 2014 | reflections on grief, reflections on grief recovery, reintegration after loss
The way people deal with loss is so individualized. The way other people respond to those dealing with loss is just as unique. Some people can be there for others. Some can’t. I was speaking with a friend yesterday who is beginning her experience with this particular...
by Benjamin Allen | Aug 20, 2014 | reflections on grief, reflections on grief recovery, reintegration after loss
Anticipation is often colored by what went before, what went before death turned life around, before death turned the future into the past. The world lives in linear time. I live in scenes that swirl between past, present and future. Others look forward to the future,...
