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Grief & loss

Expert insight, personal stories and practical advice on grief & loss from the Wellbeing Magazine archive.

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How does Right Relationship Connect with Health?

Over the years, both through my own healing journey and through supporting clients as a naturopath and Family Constellations facilitator, I have found…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 17 Jul 2026

family constellation

Mind

How Can Family Constellations Help Relationships?

Explore how family loyalties and past partners create an invisible third in your relationship. Learn how Couples Constellations help resolve hidden dynamics.

By Wellbeing Magazine · 2 Jun 2026

Grief for the Life You Thought You’d Have

Mind

Grief for the Life You Thought You’d Have

There’s a kind of grief that isn’t often spoken about. It doesn’t come with sympathy cards or time off to process. It isn’t always recognised by others. And…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 28 Apr 2026

Can Trauma Be Passed Down Through Families

Body

Can Trauma Be Passed Down Through Families?

In recent years, researchers have become increasingly interested in whether the effects of severe stress can extend beyond the individual who first…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 26 Apr 2026

Are You Living Your Grandmother’s Fear

Mind

Are You Living Your Grandmother’s Fear?

There is a growing recognition within psychology and systemic therapy that trauma does not always begin and end with the individual; it can echo through…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 17 Mar 2026

What Are the Signs of a Mental Health Crisis?

Mind

What Are the Signs of a Mental Health Crisis?

A mental health crisis is a period when someone’s emotions, thoughts, or behavior become so intense or unstable that safety is at risk, daily functioning…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 5 Dec 2025

Rapid Core Healing for Anxiety and Depression

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Rapid Core Healing for Anxiety and Depression

Many people reach a point in their healing where they can explain why they feel anxious or low, yet the feelings don’t change. They’ve explored their…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 24 Nov 2025

Dean Hall: The Wild Cure

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Dean Hall: The Wild Cure

In 2013, three years after losing his wife and while fighting both leukemia and lymphoma, Dean Hall faced what he thought would be the final chapter of his…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 14 Nov 2025

What We Wear When We’re Healing

What We Wear When We’re Healing

There are moments in life when words fall short. Grief, burnout, heartbreak, and identity shifts —they move through us not in language, but in sensation.

By Wellbeing Magazine · 14 Nov 2025

Ayla Schafer: Honouring The Water

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Ayla Schafer: Honouring The Water

British artist Ayla Schafer is a unique voice rising in today’s eco-spiritual music movement — a soft yet powerful reminder of who we are, where we come from

By Wellbeing Magazine · 14 Nov 2025

Vote for Your Favourite Charity

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Vote for Your Favourite Charity

Voting is now open for the public to vote for seven charities in Great Britain to receive a share of funding raised thanks to players of The Health Lottery

By Wellbeing Magazine · 18 Aug 2025

What to Do First After a Parent Dies

Mind

What to Do First After a Parent Dies

The moment a parent dies, your world tilts. Grief hits, but urgent tasks don’t wait. Panic and uncertainty can easily take over.

By Wellbeing Magazine · 18 Aug 2025

The Ultimate Life Hack – Mastering the Mind

Mind

The Ultimate Life Hack – Mastering the Mind

Mind games. From the time we’re born to when we die, we’re in a game of life with — our mind! To win the game of life, we must learn to master the mind

By Wellbeing Magazine · 12 Aug 2025

Rest Isn’t Weakness — It’s Resistance

Body

Rest Isn’t Weakness — It’s Resistance

We’ve been taught to feel guilty for slowing down. To rest only when the work is done. To equate our worth with our output. In a world that praises the…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 2 Aug 2025

The Hidden Cost of Always Being Strong

Body

The Hidden Cost of Always Being Strong

We live in a world that praises strength—pushing through pain, staying busy, and always having it all together.

By Wellbeing Magazine · 22 Jun 2025

The Real Talk on Mental Health

Mind

The Real Talk on Mental Health

We all have mental health. Just like physical health, it lives on a spectrum. Some days feel manageable. Others, not so much.

By Wellbeing Magazine · 5 Jun 2025

The Body Keeps the Questions Too

Body

The Body Keeps the Questions Too

For years we’ve heard the phrase: “The body keeps the score.” We know trauma leaves imprints—tight shoulders, shallow breathing, clenched jaws. But what if…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 15 May 2025

Inspiring Stories of Hope from Addiction Recovery

Mind

Inspiring Stories of Hope from Addiction Recovery

There’s something about the word “recovery” that makes it sound so neat and tidy, doesn’t it? As if you just wake up one morning, stretch, brush your teeth

By Wellbeing Magazine · 28 Apr 2025

How to Cope with Grief as a Couple

Mind

How to Cope with Grief as a Couple

Losing a loved one is never easy. And it doesn't matter whether the loss affects only yourself, only your partner, or both of you equally

By Wellbeing Magazine · 7 Nov 2024

The Secret Lives of Old People

Body

The Secret Lives of Old People

Today, when someone asks me “How are you?” I’m not going to report on the state of my health, complain about the friend who moved to live closer to her…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 26 Oct 2024

How To Find Your Ideal Partner 

Body

How To Find Your Ideal Partner 

These days, the subject of love, relationships and dating is getting increasing coverage as more and more people turn to science: our expectations are…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 16 Jul 2024

Waking to the Brief Flashings of Awakening

Body

Waking to the Brief Flashings of Awakening

In June 2016, I was in a terrible accident on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho, also known as the River of No Return. I fell from a raft and was…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 22 May 2024

Aromatherapy and Baths for Anxiety

Body

Aromatherapy and Baths for Anxiety

Many people are affected by anxiety, me being one of them. According to research, essential oils can help you to alleviate the effects of anxiety. I would…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 21 Nov 2023

How to Vanquish the Effects of Trauma    

Body

How to Vanquish the Effects of Trauma    

The embankment along the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, is the holiest burial place for Hindus. The bank is densely packed with sick and dying pilgrims…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 21 Sept 2023

The Importance of Self-Love

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The Importance of Self-Love

When we talk about self-love these days we often equate this with treating ourselves to something, pampering ourselves or doing some other superficial form…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 1 Mar 2023

5 Ways to Step into Your Power 

Body

5 Ways to Step into Your Power 

Does your Soul Shine? Do you long for the light to break you open and lead the way to a fulfilling and authentic life? Have you read Soul Shine: Excavate…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 17 Feb 2023

How courage can transform your pain into passion

Body

How courage can transform your pain into passion

I have found that losing ones we love is like being unable to see our favorite constellations in the sky. Just because we can no longer see them, it doesn’t…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 3 Nov 2022

The Family Divorce

Body

The Family Divorce

Going through a divorce is likely to be one of the toughest experiences you will ever tackle. By staying strong, and with good support, you can emerge with…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 19 Oct 2022

Trauma can derail a relationship

Body

Trauma can derail a relationship

According to the National Center for PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), a trauma is a “shocking and dangerous event that you see or that happens to you.…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 11 Aug 2022

Coming Home to You  

Body

Coming Home to You  

It’s funny the little things we remember. Seemingly innocuous things that people say tend to stick with us. For me, it was a comment my Mum made. I was…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 30 Jun 2022

Moving Through Grief

Body

Moving Through Grief

I have been sitting with my thoughts around grief for quite some time after the fairly recent passing of my mother, having found that it uncovered a whole…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 3 Mar 2022

A Journey Into Counselling

East Sussex

A Journey Into Counselling

Becoming a counsellor has been a journey like no other. It is one that has changed my life, the way I think, feel and behave and how I view the world and…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 1 Sept 2021

Heal your past, heal your life

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Heal your past, heal your life

My name is Krishna Ruparelia and I work as a Leadership Coach specialising in wellbeing and resilience. I recently published my book “From Question To…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 21 May 2021

Trauma, loss and life on the frontline

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Trauma, loss and life on the frontline

"My name is Robyn and I work as a coach. My speciality I'd say is trauma and loss." Robyn was a police officer for just under seven years. Robyn served…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 5 May 2021

Bereaved by suicide

Body

Bereaved by suicide

All too often, I hear about another tragedy and the loss of a life due to suicide. After experiencing the aftermath myself, I know that it is not a simple…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 24 Nov 2020

Anxiety, Mindfulness, Meditation, And The Breath

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Anxiety, Mindfulness, Meditation, And The Breath

Anxiety is a common response to stressful events, and most people will experience a degree of anxiety at some point in their lives; either as a result of…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 24 Jul 2020

The benefits of Reiki and Aromatherapy

Body

The benefits of Reiki and Aromatherapy

Reiki can help alleviate pain and help us let go of negative thoughts, replacing them with positivity, peace and serenity. In addition it can promote deep…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 31 May 2020

The UK’s First Virtual Wellbeing Festival

Body

The UK’s First Virtual Wellbeing Festival

Dr. Sarah Jarvis, Dr. Radha Modgil, Dr. Aaron Balick, mental health campaigner Natasha Devon, the Pilates PT Hollie Grant, are all among the health and…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 29 Apr 2020

Constellations in the Field

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Constellations in the Field

I have a diverse background as a counsellor, teacher, writer and historian and currently run a practice of Systemic Coaching with Horses at our small farm…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 28 Jan 2020

Confidence coaching for women

East Sussex

Confidence coaching for women

From fearful to fulfilled! Confidence coaching for women. A woman’s life journey has never been an easy one: biological changes are just part of it and…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 2 Dec 2018

How to get a good nights sleep/The rhythm of life

Body

How to get a good nights sleep/The rhythm of life

Long term sleep deprivation can be one of the most destructive health issues in which our bodies have to cope. Our 24/7 lifestyle is now more "plugged in"…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 10 Apr 2018

Unresolved emotions: The Havening Techniques

East Sussex

Unresolved emotions: The Havening Techniques

The Havening Techniques® - a psych-sensory therapy - helps many people let go of negative emotions such as anger, sadness, fear, guilt or grief

By Wellbeing Magazine · 15 Jan 2017

Liz Norton on Changing your perspective

Body

Liz Norton on Changing your perspective

Liz Norton is nothing if not a fighter. Diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at the age of six weeks old, her parents were warned not to expect her to live beyond…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 6 Jul 2016

4 reasons to seek Life Coaching

East Sussex

4 reasons to seek Life Coaching

There are many myths about the kinds of people who hire Life Coaches. In my experience, clients seem to fall into four key groups: "There has got to be more

By Wellbeing Magazine · 25 Feb 2016

Counselling - a personal journey

East Sussex

Counselling - a personal journey

Things gradually became clearer and she knew she needed to follow her dreams. So she committed fully to herself and counselling. Slowly things unfolded; she

By Wellbeing Magazine · 25 Feb 2016

Pet allergies

Body

Pet allergies

It’s what many of us look forward to after a long day at work – cuddling our pet. Snuggling up with our furry friends can have a beneficial effect,…

By Wellbeing Magazine · 5 Jan 2016

The gift of self awareness

East Sussex

The gift of self awareness

Intuitive Horse can give you tools to take away and use in everyday life that help towards managing self awareness of your behavioural and emotional states

By Wellbeing Magazine · 6 Nov 2015

A woman connecting gently with a horse in a countryside meadow; illustrative image, not the featured venue.

East Sussex

Personal development at Intuitive Horse

Having witnessed the positive impact horses can have on someone’s life, we sought to provide a stimulating learning experience and now offer a range of

By Wellbeing Magazine · 7 Jul 2015

Intuitive Horse Therapy

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Intuitive Horse Therapy

Intuitive Horse was developed as a result of years of experience working with horses and teaching people how to ride.

By Brand Contributor · 4 Sept 2014

Intuitive Horse

East Sussex

Intuitive Horse

Intuitive Horse was developed as a result of years of experience working with horses and teaching people how to ride.

By Wellbeing Magazine · 8 Jul 2014

Resisting the pressure to be happy

East Sussex

Resisting the pressure to be happy

We live in a culture where there is often an unspoken pressure to be happy, upbeat or positive.

By Wellbeing Magazine · 1 Mar 2014

grief sorrow

Body

Good grief

Grief is something we all go through at some point in our lives. At 42, I have had more then my fair share .

By Wellbeing Magazine · 1 Mar 2008

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