by Kari Driskell | May 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
There’s not much you CAN say that helps someone who is actively grieving a significant loss - all they want is their person back or their previous life back, but this is always a question that people ask me… So here’s my list of 5 Things TO SAY to a...
by Kari Driskell | May 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
People say all sorts of things when your person dies and most of it is NOT helpful. Don’t get me wrong - of course it probably comes from a good place… and yes, I recognize that people don’t always know what to say to the grieving. Grievers are...
by Kari Driskell | May 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Our storm begins on the evening of Sunday, February 12th of 2017. My husband left our home to attend a football meeting with other area football coaches. Two-hours later I received a phone call from another coach from another coach’s cell-phone, “hurry...
by Kari Driskell | May 4, 2021 | Grief, Uncategorized
I first learned about this concept as a Grief Recovery Specialist® from the book “When Children Grieve” by John W James and Russell Freidman, coauthors/founders of The Grief Recovery Method®. EMOTIONAL ENERGIES It’s an activity meant to...
by Kari Driskell | Aug 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
You might be surprised to learn that there are over 40 different life experiences where you might feel grief. According to the Grief Recovery Institute®, Grief is the normal and natural response to any type of loss at all - it’s the conflicting feelings caused...
by Kari Driskell | Jul 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Are you in the waiting room with your old friend, Grief? Christina Rasmussen, author of the book, SECOND FIRSTS, refers to a “waiting room.” And with all the work I’ve done to understand grief – and through my own personal experience with grief - it makes sense. The...
