Bereavement’s impact on significant roles
The loss of valued roles – I’m a….
About Melissa
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Entries by Melissa
Children’s grief and death anxiety
August 28, 2025 in Uncategorised /by MelissaHow can I support my child’s anxiety about death?
The death of a friend
August 27, 2025 in Uncategorised /by MelissaWhat impact might the death of a close friend or colleague have on our lives?
The Dying Mind in the Living Human
May 22, 2024 in Uncategorised /by MelissaFor a very long time, my work and my writing has focused on death related loss, but, as I age and am confronted more frequently by people grieving other losses, I decided to give some of these losses more attention. Many people love partners, children, parents, siblings, and friends who have suffered traumatic brain injury. […]
The impact of grief on our senses
February 21, 2024 in Uncategorised /by MelissaAs part of the animal kingdom, we are dependent from birth on sensory stimulation to ensure survival, growth and well-being. Impairment of any of our senses – sight, sound, touch, taste and smell – requires an ability to adapt and may mean that remaining senses work harder to accommodate absence or deficiency. In our lifetime, […]
Precious reflections – treasures indeed
December 21, 2023 in Uncategorised /by MelissaWhen someone we value deeply dies, emotional reactions and physical effects are inevitably interwoven. Initially, still shocked by the end of a precious life, some of us will be numb. Others may experience one dominant feeling such as anger or sadness and later, most probably, a combination of many feelings. All of these will be […]
Life Transitions & Grief
June 2, 2022 in Uncategorised /by MelissaBirth is our first experience of transition. Our entry into the external world may be fast or slow, smooth or painful, natural or aided by forceps or caesarian delivery. Whatever the circumstances in which we drew our first breath, we experience a ‘dramatic change from one state or situation to another’ – a transition. Some […]
New Year – 2022 Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot…
January 14, 2022 in Uncategorised /by MelissaBy the time you get to read these words the new year will be well under way. Conventional wisdom advises us to look forward, not backwards, especially at the dawning of a new year, and many of us comply by making lists of impressive resolutions. I wonder how many we actually keep? Few I suspect, […]
Christmas Hopes & Wishes – A Time to give Thanks
December 1, 2021 in Uncategorised /by MelissaAcknowledging Difference Religious celebrations of many faiths are an important part of the Australian summer calendar. They always have been, and hopefully always will be. The joyful anticipation of those wonderful, long summer holidays usually helps teachers and students endure the final weeks of term, but this year, and the one before, feelings as the […]
Father’s Day
September 3, 2021 in Uncategorised /by MelissaIn past years, Father’s Day, like Mother’s Day, has been a day of celebration for those fortunate enough to have loving fathers, a day of poignant memories for those whose fathers have died, and a day to focus on survival for those whose fathers have been abusive or neglectful. This year, in lock down, most […]
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