From the Journal | Jo’s Blog

Jo shares her own personal journey of grief, along with educational and inspiring pieces to help others on their journey.

In the 1960’s, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross wrote a book and identified five stages of grief. You might have heard of them, but if not, they are as follows – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. But I am going to call...
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It is so hard to know what to do for someone going through a hard time. A friend text me last week telling me the husband of a friend had died. Immediately I was transported back to the early days...
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Year two is done and dusted. Thank goodness. In all honesty, year two of grieving has been an absolute bastard. Grieving is a new thing for me, I’ve been incredibly lucky in my life to not have experienced grief before....
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It’s Craig’s birthday today. Happy birthday to you Craig, I hope heaven is serving you up a feast and a few frothies to celebrate! Craig’s birthday is a day tinged with sadness and celebration, these kind of ‘days’ can be...
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Dating and the widow. The widow and dating. I really hope Mum isn’t reading this, but I’m sure she is (hello Mum!) Won’t lie, this is a tricky one to write about.  Though I feel like this is the one...
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