How to stop over-medicalising mental health
FOR A PLACE with a reputation for buttoned-up stoicism, Britain is remarkably open about mental health. The British are more likely than people in any other rich country to think that mental illness is a disease like any other. Only the Swedes are more accepting of the idea that a history of mental-health problems should […]
Opinion: Motherhood is joy, but also grief. Cancer taught me how to live with both
Open this photo in gallery: Farrah Khan and Kristyn Wong-Tam have a son, now 4, thanks to in vitro fertilization. A frozen supply of embryos could have given him a sibling, but a cancer diagnosis threw a wrench in those plans.Eden Graham Farrah Khan, executive director at Action Canada, is currently on medical leave. “Do […]
How to Support a Grieving Friend| National Catholic Register
We know well that earth is the vale of tears. This side of heaven, we will most certainly encounter loss, as will the people around us. While this is no secret, when the death of a loved one comes to our own lives, it can leave us frozen in our tracks and unsure of how […]
How to Get Through the Holidays When You’re Grieving
For example, maybe you wear your late parent’s favorite (and annoyingly scratchy) holiday sweater to your annual family brunch, Moffa suggests, or cook their favorite meal on Thanksgiving—even if it’s a rotisserie chicken in lieu of the conventional turkey. Or if your old-school grandpa was a sucker for drive-in movies, consider ditching Netflix in the […]