Touching the Unseen: Somatic Therapy’s Comforting Embrace for Grief

Grief is an intimate companion that walks alongside us when we encounter loss. Whether it's the departure of a loved one, the end of a significant chapter, or the fading of a dream, grief is a universal experience that unites us in our shared humanity. What is Grief? Pioneer Elizabeth Kübler-Ross in the 1960’s identified…

ByZoe-Anna Bell11/03/20240Comments

Mood and Mind Wellness & Health

How Do We Deal With Grief And Loss During Self-Isolation?

During this time of pandemic, grief and tragedy appear as an everyday occurrence on the nightly news. There are horrifying numbers of people dying as well as many other forms of loss too. Not being able to see family members; losing employment; loss or tightening of income; loss of social interaction and being confined to…

ByThe Carousel14/05/20200Comments

Advice Careers Mood and Mind

How To Stand Up When You’ve Been Stood Down: Tackling Grief

Unlike traditional psychotherapy where solving problems is the aim, positive psychology focuses on increasing your happiness to make life better. The science behind it clearly shows that our lives are enhanced by the people who are in it, our personal health, a sense of meaning and a clear idea of our purpose. Over the past…

ByThe Carousel01/04/20200Comments

Advice Happiness Inspirational Women Wellness & Health

Marie Alessi Helps Find Hope And Happiness In Times Of Grief

Marie Alessi spent a decade teaching people about ‘Mindset and Personal Growth’ when her own was very much put to the test by the very sudden and unexpected death of her husband Rob. Marie’s first reaction was to close down her business to be able to focus on their two young sons (only eight and…

ByThe Carousel13/09/20190Comments

Mood and Mind Wellness & Health

When Someone Is Grieving, How Can We Help? 8 Tips For Getting It Right

Grief is an incredibly personal journey, and people generally feel uncomfortable, overwhelmed or lost for words when speaking to a person confronted with grief. When this occurs, there can be silence followed by an attempt to fill the void. Grief etiquette, or how best to react in the face of someone’s grief, is not something that is commonly…

ByThe Carousel09/08/20190Comments

Happiness Inspirational Women Mood and Mind Wellness & Health

Dying Author Writes Dating Profile For Her Husband Of 26 Years

American author Amy Krouse Rosenthal is well known for her 28 children’s books and her 2005 autobiography Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life. But the prose she’s most famous for today is a heart-wrenching column she’s just penned for The New York Times – You May Want To Marry My Husband. Amy, below, is dying of ovarian cancer…

ByJames Graham06/03/20170Comments

Relationships Wellness & Health

How Do You Say Goodbye To Your Mum?

She passed away three weeks ago. What I have come to know now is that I am still no closer to knowing the answer to the question I posed in the first place - or that my general rhetoric has altered in the wake of her passing. It started here... If I thought my blog about losing…

ByJules Allen16/02/20160Comments