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Dealing With Grief

Take it From a Widow: Friendship and Grief Don't Always Mix

Ann Bacciaglia | Posted 01.27.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Friendship, Widow, Loss, Dealing With Grief, Support for Widows, Losing Your Husband, Grief, Losing Friends, Friendship After Loss, Friendship Support, Grieving, Being a Widow, Canada Living News
Ann Bacciaglia

I am a widow. Friendships, I learned, are not immune to grief. Despite what you may think, some friends will leave you when you need them the most. Perhaps they don't know what to say or how to act. After speaking to people in similar situations, I now realize that in many cases, friendship and grief do not mix.

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Grief At Work: How To Handle The Unexpected Death Of A Colleague

Sue Jacques | Posted 11.03.2012 | Canada Alberta
Read More: Corporate Civility, Dealing With Grief, Canada Business News, Grief, Death at Work, The Civility CEO, Business Etiquette, Business, Canada Alberta, Canada Alberta News
Sue Jacques

I was recently approached by a tearful young woman who quietly asked me for advice following my presentation at a corporate conference. Taking a deep breath and a long look around, she shared with me that she was notified the night before that one of her colleagues had died in a car accident.

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Depression Has Many Faces

Pega Ren | Posted 07.09.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Clinical Depression, Therapy, Psychology, Depression, Mental Health, Ssris, Dealing With Grief, Seasonally Affective Disorder, Sad, Medication, Canada Living News
Pega Ren

2012-05-08-mentalhealth1.jpg Why is it so difficult to treat depression? Part of the problem is in our definition of the term. In fact, there are two distinct depressions: situational and clinical. It would be so much easier if we called the two depressions by different names, for then we could explain better how we feel and know better what might help.

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