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It can be hard to know how to respond when someone you care about is grieving. There is no easy “fix” for grief, and the process cannot be sped up – it will take as long as it takes. If you’re supporting someone through grief, just take things at their pace. As a supporting person, starting…
READ MOREWhen we hear the word grief, we often make the immediate link with death. But there are many circumstances in our day to day life that create grief: When you are grieving, you can help yourself by: Download our Loss…
Read MoreIt can be hard to know how to respond when someone you care about is grieving. There is no easy “fix” for grief, and the process cannot be sped up – it will take as long as it takes. If you’re…
Read MoreSo how’s this for timing then, from the 1News website… King Charles III returns to public duties with cancer charity trip “… Unlike most royals before him, Charles chose to publicly disclose details about his health when he first underwent…
Read MoreWe have between 5,000 and 60,000 thoughts every day. Left unguarded, thoughts can create a myriad of mental, emotional and physical conditions. Left unguarded, our thoughts can make it very difficult to move forward in life, especially after experiencing a…
Read MoreIn 2000 I was honoured to be deployed with the New Zealand Deforce on the peacekeeping mission to East Timor. East Timor had been under foreign rule through most of its history, and most recently it had been under Indonesian…
Read MoreWe attended the Positive Aging Expo last weekend, and were impressed with the number and variety of groups and agencies represented. It’s a catchy title – ‘Positive Ageing’. It captures the opportunities available to people despite reaching and surpassing their…
Read MoreA Dying Art… People have recently been shocked by the announcement of cuts to TV News at Newshub, and then by the announcement that there would be cuts at TVNZ. I suppose we shouldn’t be at all surprised; an institution…
Read MoreThis is one of those “Frequently Asked Questions” or FAQs. The answer is very simple, and at the same time, very complex. Here it is: “Well, Yes and No”. An alternative answer, equally as helpful, is, “It all depends…” So,…
Read MoreFinancial loss is not only about money You may wonder if people can actually experience grief over losing their job and their income, or losing money or assets from a bad investment, or a business collapse. The truth is that…
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