Grief and loss: Remembering the loss of a loved one
Grief and loss: Remembering the loss of a loved one Today would have been my Mum’s 87th birthday. My Mum only made it to 52 years of age. I have been without my Mum for most of my...
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What my dog taught me about grief and loss
WHAT MY DOG TAUGHT ME ABOUT GRIEF AND LOSS I remember my Mum taking our family cat, Tiger to the vet to be put to sleep. He was old and sick. I don’t remember my grief, but I do...
Surviving Valentine’s Day when you don’t have a partner
Surviving Valentine’s Day when you don’t have a partner How do you survive the hype of Valentine’s Day when you don’t have a partner or someone to share it with? Valentine’s Day Hype If you Google surviving holidays...
Remembering: How to live with grief and loss
Remembering: How to live with grief and loss Anzac Day – I will never forget. Anzac Day is the day my life changed from how I knew it. It is a day of remembrance; not only for those lives...
What I want you to know about teenagers and pornography
What I want you to know about teenagers and pornography First of all, why I am writing this blog about teenagers and pornography? I work with teenagers and families. I have worked in the area of sexual assault with...
Talking to teenagers about sexual relationships
Talking to teenagers about sexual relationships As a parent of an adolescent child or young person, is your first response to sexuality education, “Help, I don’t know what I’m doing!” “How much do I tell them?” “They will learn...
Being a Motherless daughter and mother on Mother’s Day
I am a motherless daughter, and I am a mother. It is over thirty years since my mother died. She died before I had any children of my own. I was blessed with a beautiful and very much loved...
How to help your children with Back to School anxiety
As the school holidays come to an end, and a new school year starts, you may have a child who is starting to have feelings of anxiety and worries as back to school day get closer. It’s been...
Surviving Christmas through unhappy memories
Surviving the Christmas holidays can bring up unhappy memories for many people. Christmas time can be very difficult for many people, particularly those who have experienced difficult childhoods, trauma histories, alcohol issues, and/or financial hardship, and abuse within their families....
Mindfulness for relationships
Mindfulness in relationships In my other blogs about Mindfulness, http://www.claresillencecounselling.com.au/blog/ I have spoken about how mindfulness can help us with many aspects of our physical and psychological health, and how there is scientific evidence to support this. I have procrastinated...