We all know that it is in one’s highest good to grieve the loss of a relationship. Healthy grief releases feelings rather than allowing them to get stuck in the body. Healthy grief allows the griever to heal the loss and move on with life.

Yet grief is not always healing. Many of us have known people who were stuck in their grief, seemingly locked into the past and unable to move forward in their lives.

Early intervention during times of loss and grief helps keep children psychologically healthy and prevents the development of later emotional problems. Understanding the stages of grief can help caregivers provide quality care to children.

Have you ever lost someone close to you to death? We go through a grief process that was best described by Elizabeth Kublar-Ross in On Death and Dying. In it she talks about the five stages that people go through---denial and isolation; anger; bargaining; depression and finally acceptance. The dying, as well as those who love them, go through these stages although rarely at the same time and these stages are not predictable.

Grief is an integral part of almost everyone's life. Whenever you go through the loss of a near and dear one, you go through a grief process. Grief is experienced physically and psychologically. Crying is an integral part of grief process. In cultures where crying is acceptable, loss is borne more readily than in those in which crying is discouraged.

Prince Edward Island, September 20, 2005 – Not all pregnancies end in bouncing, beautiful babies. Thousands of women who endure miscarriage or infant loss every year mourn their loss in a society that doesn’t consider these events “real” losses. Family and friends seek ways to offer condolence but find none. Ms. Kimberly de Montbrun, owner of www.LaBelleDame.com, answers this need through her symbolic jewelry created to initiate the healing process after a miscarriage, stillborn child, or death of a neonate.