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Christmas is one of the biggest events of the year. There is so much tradition, preparation and coming together of families that it becomes a really important event in the family calendar.

Though Thanksgiving is supposed to be a time to "give thanks" for what you have, unfortunately, its also the time of the year when people focus on what they "don't have." And once you start to focus on what's missing from your life (not enough love, not enough money, job they hate, people they miss), it starts a vicious downward spiral that makes people absolutely hate the holiday season. I think the real meaning of Thanksgiving is not to just "give thanks" but also to be "thankful by giving."

Whether you are feeling trauma from recent losses or are experiencing grief in the aftermath of past events, know that you can and will get through it. Following are pointers from first-hand experience.

If you're looking for advice on how to fix a broken heart then your heart must be aching right now. Losing someone you love is one of the most difficult things you'll ever go through. I've had my share of heartbreaks and am all too familiar with how it feels like to be on the receiving end of a break up. It hurts, it really does. You feel like it's the end of the world and you wonder how you can possibly get over it. It's perfectly normal to experience pain after a break up and you may have moments of despair as well; but I promise you that you will get over it.

Trying to figure out how to get over a broken heart is a terrible place to be. Your relationship is over, you feel heartbroken and you want something to make the pain go away. I understand what you're going through and I know just how bad it feels. And although everyone has a different way of healing a broken heart, there are 5 tips that should be at the corner stone of every break up recovery plan.

Our grief guides are at war. The established grief industry is under attack. The challengers, who label their work the "New Science of Bereavement," use empirical studies to demolish the current paradigm's sacred cows-including the well-known stages, phases, and tasks of grieving.

Giving Thanks This was a tough posting for me to write.  Tough from the standpoint of wanting to write something that related to Thanksgiving but really not knowing where to start.  I don’t want people to think that I am thankful for everything in my life, because I’m not.  Let me rephrase that, I am [...]

Acceptance of the reality that our loved one is no longer physically with us is the number one task of mourning. Resistances to the massive changes that accompany death are the blocks to acceptance; they inevitably lead to unnecessary pain, increased stress, and prolonging intense grief. Here is how you can work toward accepting that which cannot be changed.