The Best Grief Blogs

Grief Blogs

Grief & Loss

By Team iBizExpert On January 29, 2022 12:08 PM No Comments

Have you ever lost a close friend or family member? Elizabeth Kublar-book Ross's On Death and Dying is the best way to understand the grief process. She talks about how people go through five stages: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining,...

Katrina - What Its Like To Be An Evacuee

By Team iBizExpert On January 29, 2022 12:00 PM No Comments

Less than 24 hours before Hurricane Katrina hit land, my wife and I started packing up the car to leave St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. We only had an hour to get the brakes fixed before we had to leave. We had to rely on the kindness of a...

Using Condolence Poems in Eulogies or Condolence Letters

By Team iBizExpert On January 29, 2022 11:53 AM No Comments

No one finds it easy to talk about death or deal with it. When your emotions are running high, it can be hard to find the right words to say to someone who has lost someone close to them. Sometimes you don't say anything at all, which can be even...

When You Cannot Attend a Memorial Service, Writing a Condolence Letter Can Help

By Team iBizExpert On January 29, 2022 11:40 AM No Comments

People say that condolence letters are some of the hardest letters to write and send because they are so personal. Still, when someone close to you has lost a loved one and is going through grief and bereavement, writing and sending a letter of...

Celebrate Life: Using Online Memorials and Other Funeral Services to Remember

By Team iBizExpert On January 29, 2022 11:26 AM No Comments

When a loved one dies, it's never easy to feel sad. One of the best ways to deal with this kind of grief is to remember them and hold a memorial service. Most people don't think about anything else besides the typical memorial service. There are...

Healthy Grief, Unhealthy Grief

By Team iBizExpert On January 29, 2022 11:13 AM No Comments

We all know that it's best for a person to feel sad about the end of a relationship. Grief that is healthy lets go of feelings instead of letting them get stuck in the body. Grief that is healthy lets the person heal from the loss and move on...

The Truth About Emotional Intelligence

By Team iBizExpert On January 29, 2022 11:00 AM No Comments

People put so much emphasis on emotional intelligence these days that it seems like they hide their feelings and problems in order to "fit in" and keep their jobs, and they use "positive self-talk" to get through tough times. Recently, I...

Online Memorials: Sharing Family History and Life Stories Online

By Team iBizExpert On January 29, 2022 10:50 AM No Comments

We all want to live in a way that helps the people around us and the family that comes after us. Reading a person's life story is often the best way to learn about the people around us, our family history, and the people who have had an impact on...

Sympathy Flowers - Advice from Experts

By Team iBizExpert On January 29, 2022 10:35 AM No Comments

Flowers have been an important part of funerals in almost every culture throughout history, and that is still true today. At funerals, wakes, memorials, and cremation services, flowers and plants are a thoughtful way to honour the life of the...

Bereavement Poetry: Meaningful Words for Memorial Services

By Team iBizExpert On January 29, 2022 10:27 AM No Comments

Losing a loved one is the hardest thing you will ever have to go through in your life, and you may feel hopeless a lot of the time. Every dark time in life has a light at the end, and the death of a loved one is no different. There are many ways...