Going through grieving in order not to be always grieving In 2008, the publicity woman and writer Cris Guerra released the book "Para Francisco" (For Francisco), in which she introduces her son, the father he did not know (Guilherme died at the end of Cris's pregnancy). In this unpublished article she tells about her experience with birth and the grieving process at the same time.
“It was kind of good that you didn’t feel the death of your father” Silvia Amelia de Araújo, a journalist, was only 2 years old when her father died. Unlike the older siblings, she did not immediately understand the news about the death, but as she explains in this exhilarating account, she felt the absence so strongly that grieving ended up being part of the formation of her identity
The only daughter, I learned the hard way! He was part of my life from the day I was born. And from this day, to the day he died he was always part of my life.
The time to say hi is also the time to say goodbye Thais Herédia, a brazilian TV channel journalist, talks about inspiration, acceptance and farewell. Three very profound feelings that marked different phases in her life in which the protagonist was her dad, Hugo Herédia.
What I have learned about suicide Often treated with the silence of taboo or sensationalism, suicide advances as a serious worldwide public health problem. How empathy has helped me to tackle such a painful and touchy subject.
Your life in me This month, last year, the journalist Natália Oliveira’s boyfriend passed away suddenly. In order to deal with grieving and to go through September, she decided to ask people on the streets and social medias to give her good News.
3 sensitive movies about losses and grieving The psychologist Teresa Vera de Sousa Gouvea, grieving specialist, has a great list of movies in her website "Laços e lutos". We asked and she chose 3 special movies that she recommends for the ones who go through the pain of a loss.
“Don’t forget to be happy” Losing a mother is like feeling completely lost specially for the only daughter. But it will always be possible to find ourselves again. With wisdom and creativity – that’s what the journalist Julia Ribeiro teaches us. She has turned her grieving, a life learning experience
Life goes on "Pablo has started his farewell letter with a sentence: “Life goes on without me”. And life goes on- not exactly without him because he occupies a big space” Who writes this sensitive, brave and inspiring story, about the death of Pablo, who suicide a month and 3 days before his 24 year-old birthday is the consultant and Philosophy Doctorate student, Andres Bruzzone , his father.
The show must go on Cynthia de Almeida, a journalist and one of the most idealistic in this project, tells us how losing her son Gabriel has changed her understanding about life and, in grieving, the importance of rituals. A touching statement about celebration, transcendence and reflection.
