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Celebrate Life: Using Online Memorials and Other Funeral Services to Remember

Celebrating the life of a loved one can be done in different ways.
This article discusses a variety of memorial and funeral options that families may want to consider as they grieve for their loved one.

Releasing Relationship Pain

If you are still hurting from a previous relationship then this article will help you to release that pain and move on.

Using Condolence Poems in Eulogies or Condolence Letters

Many people find poetry helps express feelings they are unable to verbalize. This article provides help in choosing the right poem or set of poems for a memorial or funeral service

Ten Ideas for Creating a Memorial After the Funeral or Life Celebration

Provides ideas for someone who has just lost a loved one and is looking for ideas on how to set up a memorial for their loved one. Many people feel like they want to do more than just have a funeral, memorial service or life celebration, this article will give you some ideas of where to begin.

Funeral Eulogies: Meaningful Words for Funeral Services

Finding the right words to say in a eulogy can be difficult.
This article provides some helpful advice on how to write a thoughtful, honest eulogy without worry or stress.

Healthy Grief, Unhealthy Grief

We all know that it is in one’s highest good to grieve the loss of a relationship. Healthy grief releases feelings rather than allowing them to get stuck in the body. Healthy grief allows the griever to heal the loss and move on with life.

Katrina – What Its Like To Be An Evacuee

I have run from only two storms in my whole life. Once the year before Katrina, my wife and me retuned the next morning from the first storm that turned away from New Orleans like most of the storms before it.. Katrina wasn’t so merciful. In fact it seems we may never return now, but by no choice of our own.

Grief & Loss

Have you ever lost someone close to you to death? We go through a grief process that was best described by Elizabeth Kublar-Ross in On Death and Dying. In it she talks about the five stages that people go through—denial and isolation; anger; bargaining; depression and finally acceptance. The dying, as well as those who love them, go through these stages although rarely at the same time and these stages are not predictable.

You may think you are in the anger phase, then j…

The Truth About Emotional Intelligence

Too often people confuse emotional intelligence with controlling their emotions; shutting them down and being stoic. This is a tragedy waiting to happen. Read this alternative view on emotional intelligence that honors the experience and pain of living life during difficult times. There is a better response for all.

A Simple Formula For Overcoming Fear and Worry

Is fear and worry holding you back from reaching your goals and dreams? Discover a simple formula to overcome your fears and begin moving towards your dreams.