Blog - Sadness to Sunshine

0 How to cope with Mothers day after losing a child

How to cope with Mother’s day after losing your child. Every day may feel like a challenge, but somehow your love and hope carry you through your grief journey, but on days like Mother’s day your grief just hits you a little harder, like a smack in the face and your heart aches […]

0 Surviving Christmas

How you can get through the Holiday season Christmas can be one of the hardest times of the year, for those of us who have lost a child. There are constant reminders everywhere you go, the shops are full of Christmas stuff, people seem to be talking about it everywhere and with Christmas adverts […]

0 How to let go of the guilt after losing a child.

How to let go of the guilt after losing a child. As a parent, a natural feeling is one of responsibility for the wellbeing of your children, no matter how old they are. However, you can only be truly responsible for one person; ‘yourself’. Since working with Bereaved Parents, I believe all of them have […]

0 Helping Bereaved Fathers deal with Father’s Day

One of the hardest things to deal with are all the ‘Firsts’ – the first Birthday/Christmas/Father’s Day etc. For many special days like Father’s Day dealing with your emotions on these days doesn’t get any easier, in some ways get harder as you are often more numb initially. You are naturally missing your child every […]

0 Understanding your pain of losing a child

Understanding your pain of losing a child The death of a child can feel overwhelming, and you may feel a mixture of emotions. It is important to know, that there is no standard way of experiencing loss, and no right way to grieve. It is completely normal to feel shock, guilt, anger, relief, despair and […]

0 Helping Bereaved Mothers cope with their thoughts and feelings on Mother’s Day

Bereaved Mothers dealing with their Thoughts and Emotions on Mother’s day. One of the hardest things to deal with are all the ‘Firsts’ – the first Birthday/Christmas/Mother’s Day/Father’s Day etc. For many special days like Mothers Day don’t get any easier, in some ways get harder as you are often more numb initially. You […]

0 Using Rituals to ease the anguish of loss

Using Rituals to ease the anguish of loss Experts and survivors agree that using rituals can ease the anguish of loss, practising acts of love to move forward toward a place of peace. Culture, rituals, and ceremonies Your cultural background can affect how you understand and approach the grief process. Some cultures anticipate a time […]

0 How to move from Sadness to Sunshine after losing a child

My journey of Sadness to Sunshine and how you can get there too! Maybe you don’t recognise your life or any of the relationships in it, you may feel utterly alone confused and lost at sea. Just after the funeral, your home may have been full of people but maybe no-one comes to […]

0 Find ways to connect with your child in your grief

When your baby or child dies, you feel such an intense loss like no other and of course, you just want to hold them in your arms again and you cannot imagine anything that can fill this void, even another child in your deepest moments of grief. From the moment you get pregnant you have […]

0 Is happiness at Christmas possible after losing a child to death, miscarriage or stillbirth?

It’s that time of year again, when everyone is talking about family and celebrating BUT you feel like you just want to hide away from the world because it’s not like that for you. You have lost your child and so every Christmas you just feel empty and alone …. Do you: Get upset every […]