grief and loss Tag

02 Sep Growing through #BreastCancer : 7 Lessons for Us All

Posted at 23:25h in Health & Wellness by Dr. Christina Hibbert 0 Comments

Facing my own “cancer” diagnosis is not only physically challenging and mentally and emotionally exhausting. It also brings back all these other losses, struggles, pain, and grief. I'm learning so many things, day by day, things we all need to learn...

16 Apr Grief &Loss: Dealing with Death Anniversaries, Birthdays, Holidays

Posted at 18:32h in Dealing With Grief by Dr. Christina Hibbert 12 Comments

Birthdays and death anniversary days have been on my mind. Monday was my sister, Shannon’s, birthday. She would have been thirty-nine. Thirty-nine! It’s hard to imagine. She’s forever frozen in my memory at thirty-one. My youngest sister, Miki, who died twenty-two years ago, is forever frozen...