Welcome to The Journey to Healing Blog
By Bren Bell (Coach & Counselor)
Expert Advice on Grief, Coping and Navigating LifeTransitions
On this blog, I share stories and insights on navigating loss, overcoming grief through transitional times, and moving through challenging seasons of life.
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Category
- 24 Hour Philosophy
- Aging & Mindset
- Anticipatory Grief
- Authentic Living
- Caregiver Grief
- Childhood Grief
- Children and Loss
- Communication skills
- Deservability
- Difficult Conversations
- Emotional Healing
- Emotional healing
- Fear of Unknown
- Grief & Emotional Wellness
- Grief & Fear
- Grief Support Tools
- Grief and the Body
- Grief before Loss
- Grief recovery
- Grief stages for Children
- Growth mindset
- Happiness starts here
- Healing through Grief
- Holiday stress
- Inner wisdom
- Intuition vs Intellect
- Isolation when grieving
- Living Authentically
- Living in the Present
- Living with Purpose
- Loss of Cat
- Loss of Dog
- Loss of Job
- Loss of Loved One
- Loss of Self
- Loss of identity
- Mental Health Awareness
- Mindfulness & Grief
- Mindset Shift
- Moving forward after Loss
- Myths and Beliefs
- Overcoming Fear
- Personal Growth
- Pet Bereavement
- Pet Loss Grief
- Re-Grief in children
- Rediscover Yourself after Loss
- Rediscovering yourself
- Relationships & Connection
- Release Negativity
“The Silent Weight of Caregiving – Grieving Before Goodbye”
Caregiving often begins with love, but over time, it can quietly usher in grief long before a final goodbye. This kind of loss—slow, invisible, and deeply personal—is rarely talked about. In this blog, we explore the silent sorrow caregivers carry as they witness their loved ones fade, and offer gentle ways to honor that grief along the way.
4 minute read
“Anticipatory Grief: The Quiet Sorrow Before Loss”
Anticipatory grief is a deep, painful sorrow that occurs before an impending loss. It often goes unacknowledged, but nonetheless it is our minds way of protecting and preparing us. It affects those facing a loved one’s approaching death, their own mortality, or even non-death-related losses—like an impending mastectomy, divorce, or a progressive diagnosis.
The anticipation of Grief
3 minute read