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In light of last week’s horrific attack in Manchester, it’s understandable that many of us are ruminating about how we should respond. When incidents such as this occur, it is completely natural to go to that place in our head – our prefrontal cortex, the...

SOMEONE DIED…NOW WHAT? MONTREAL BEREAVEMENT EXPERT LAUNCHES NEW BOOK I am thrilled to announce the launch of my first book “Someone Died…Now What? A Personal and Professional Perspective on Coping with Greif and Loss”, available on Amazon.com on May 24, 2015. Someone Died… Now What? is a GPS...

A few weeks ago I was faced with what seemed at the time to be a cyber disaster. Someone had hacked into my email and sent my entire contact list an email with my signature, claiming that I was stranded in the Ukraine with no...

What Do I Do Now - Comforting the Mourner: Someone you know dies, and you find yourself instantly confronted with a plethora of emotions – you are sad, shocked, angry, confused. You want to help the surviving family, in fact you are desperate to support them...

Creating a Positive Reality is more in your control than you think. (Adapted from Mib Connections post written by Shari Reinhart) Ever wonder why: One person see the glass as half full while others do not? One entrepreneur push through rejection while others give up at the first...

Today parents are constantly bombarded with conflicting advice about what makes good parenting and what children need to grow up healthy. Despite a number of excellent books on the topic, parents often receive mixed messages about what is actually the best strategy to use when...

It's All Relative - Helping Children Cope with Death and Dying Having worked in the field of bereavement counseling for over a decade I thought I had pretty much understood the importance of involving children in the grieving process. Then one day a several years back,...