Posts by Joy Gaertner
Codependent Families: Who’s Who?
What is codependency? (According to Wikipedia) Codependency is a controversial concept for a dysfunctional helping relationship where one person supports or enables another person’s addiction, poor mental health, immaturity, irresponsibility, or under-achievement. Among the core…
Read MoreAre you Codependent? Take the free Quiz.
Codependent? What is codependency? How do I know if I’m codependent? I invite you to use the following quiz to help raise your awareness of whether you are affected…
Read MoreOctober 12 Free Introduction to Loss and Grief Recovery/Helping Children with Loss
FREE INTRODUCTION October 12, 2020 6-7:00 p.m. with a special segment on Helping Children with Loss Topic: October 12 Loss and Grief Recovery Intro Time: Oct 12, 2020 06:00 PM…
Read MoreWhat to Say to Someone who is Grieving
The majority of grievers are desperately in need of support to help them in coping with their losses. They need someone to listen to them without analysis, criticism or judgment.…
Read MoreGrief that comes with Suicide
Some years ago, Robin Williams was famously quoted as saying that “Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.” On the face of it, this sounds very logical. The…
Read MoreNational Grief Awareness Day- August 30 & National Overdose Awareness Day – August 31
August 30th is National Grief Awareness Day and August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day. Anyone who has experienced the grief that comes with the loss of a friend or family…
Read More7 Ways to Cope with the Postponement or Change to the First Day of School
7 Ways to Cope with the Postponement or Change to Virtual Schooling Have you and your children been looking forward to the opening of school but now most everything…
Read MoreUnanswerable Questions…healing comes in small moments – July 26
I had to struggle alone, and all I knew was that Father’s death caused me to ask questions for which I could find no answer, and I was living…
Read MoreIncomplete Grief
Incomplete Grief: What do Sex, Drugs & Music Have to Do with it? Following a breakup, or any other major loss, have you noticed a change in your behavior;…
Read MoreTwo of the Most Helpful Things to Say to a Griever
From every corner of the world we are hearing the word, grief. From news anchors to preachers, from corporate leaders to health care administrators, from the clerk at the store…
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