When Family Members Are Reacting Differently to the Loss of Your PetWritten by Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, The EQ Coach
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Any two adults will generally grieve in a different way. They’ll be at different stages in grief process, have different backgrounds, different histories of previous loss, have different personalities, and also can reverberate off other, i.e., if he’s crying all time, then she becomes stoic. If she’s angry, he tries to remain calm. Stay centered and manage your own grief process. Take care of yourself. Massage is good at such a time, as such grief is beyond words. If this is one of your children’s first major loss, it’s going to be a tremendous growth process for them, as you know. Be there. Don’t demand they feel one way or another. Don’t try and “fix” them. Process when you can with them as a means of sharing adversities of life. Adversity builds resilience, and difficult as it is, they’re part of life. Seek comfort and help for yourself – friends, a minister, a coach, a therapist. Take care of yourself and model this for your children. You can’t share whole experience with them because they aren’t having same experience as you because they are they, and you are you. I’m sorry for your loss.
Susan Dunn,MA Clinical Psychology, The EQ Coach, http://www.susandunn.cc . Coaching for all your needs. Coaching and distance learning in Emotional Intelligence. EQ matters more to your success and happiness than IQ and it can be learned. Mailto:sdunn@susandunn.cc for FREE eZine.
| | How to Make Christmas BreadWritten by LeAnn R. Ralph
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Let rise in a warm place for 45 minutes to an hour. Punch down dough. Knead for a minute or two. Shape into loaves. Place in greased loaf pans and let rise for 45 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes. Turn out of pans. Allow bread to cool before slicing it. **********
LeAnn R. Ralph is a freelance writer in west central Wisconsin, is the editor of the Wisconsin Regional Writer (the quarterly publication of the Wisconsin Regional Writers' Assoc.) and is the author of the book: Christmas In Dairyland (True Stories From a Wisconsin Farm) (August 2003; trade paperback) http://ruralroute2.com
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