Grief may be universal, but so is hope.
Read on and be inspired by real stories of recovery and resilience from individuals and families who have been helped by Whispering Hope.
Some moves are planned and welcomed. But some may be out of sheer necessity or enforced circumstances like Covid-19. Therefore the loss and grief emotions may vary. For positive moves such as overseas education, a new job, recent marriage or the wish to be closer......
There can be times in life when we might not be aware of troubled emotions and heart wounded-ness buried from childhood, growing teenage years and into adulthood. We have somehow found ways to cope with it and seem to move along in life. Until we......
The whole world was spun into uncertainties due to the pandemic. No nation, continent nor tiny island was spared. Neither Singapore. Unending adjustments to be made, even changes on a daily basis, by government, business and healthcare leaders in view of top priority of safety......
How has COVID19 affected you and those around you? Has it changed your family, work and social life, including sports and recreation? “Grief is the conflicting feelings caused by the end of or change in a familiar pattern of behavior.” That’s the definition of grief, from......
It’s a terrible tragedy to lose any child, no matter his or her age. It’s simply traumatic to lose a child to suicide. Yet, we take comfort that a parent, either father or mother, can heal from the shocking loss of a darling son or......
FY was a young lady who lost her husband to sudden illness. It spiraled her to binge eating and excessive weight gain. What followed was end of relationships with her in-laws caused by hurtful events and words. During processing grief through the GRM Group Program,......
The same young widowed mom [YY, GRM Sep 2018] featured in May 2019 blog, has been using correct information to lead her to correct choices towards her own recovery and that of her 4 children, age ranging from 7 to 16. I spent a day......
I am very pleased indeed and so proud of one of our participants, a young widow with 4 children in tow [the youngest turned seven in 2018.] She has courageously used her learning from the Grief Recovery Method [GRM] to help her girls grieve the......
The same lady [GHL,Oct 2018] encountered new meaning as she went beyond loss and grief to recovery. Following the earlier Whatsapp message, these were her reflections: “The hiking, shopping and sightseeing aside, it’s been big steps in intangibles too. Of letting go, of trust, of......
As we look back to when we first launched the Grief Recovery Method Program in Singapore in August 2016, we are encouraged by the responses of those who have completed. We are now open for registration for the 7th Group Program to start 27 April......
April Chan grieved 31 years over a life that was not fully lived. She was given away to a spinster at 4. Then began a dark and depressing childhood. At 16, this foster mom died. She was alone again. Life was hard. She married at......