Losing your faith, or the community that used to hold you
People, rituals, meaning and part of your identity can leave along with faith. On a loss others do not see, on tension in the family, and on the reverse journey: conversion.
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Losses that are rarely talked about: health, home, homeland, friendship, childhood, plans, trust. Posts on how we grieve for what is not a death - and when a loss needs help.
When loss needs professional help: the signs and where to turn
Most people come to terms with a loss on their own, but roughly one in ten gets stuck. Three signs that it is time for help, and where to turn in Slovenia…
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When the position is gone: who you are once the power leaves
The end of a term, an election defeat, a dismissal or handing over the helm. Why losing a position hurts more than we admit, and how to build an identity that doesn’t…
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When everything comes at once: cumulative loss and how to get through it
When losses pile up one on top of another, there is no time to grieve each of them. Why losses add up, what this does to the body and how to get…
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When the audience forgets you: the end of fame as a loss nobody acknowledges
When fame fades, you don't only lose gigs and money, but the mirror, the rhythm, belonging and your story about yourself. Why this is a real loss and how to grieve a…
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Loss of trust after betrayal: when what you relied on collapses
Betrayal by a partner, a friend, a business partner or a relative takes more than a relationship: it takes a shared past and part of you. Why losing trust hurts so much…
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Seeing your parents as they really are: the loss of idealisation
When you see a parent as a person with flaws, you lose an image that once protected you. Why disappointment in your parents is both a developmental task and a form of…
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The loss of a plan: when life doesn’t turn out the way you thought
The child who isn’t there, the career that didn’t happen, the partner who never came. Why a future you never had can hurt, and how to let a plan go without letting…
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The loss of childhood: when you had to grow up too soon
Parentification leaves a loss with no date: a childhood in which you could have been a child. How to recognise it, why grieving it is so quiet, and what helps.
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Losing your homeland: moving abroad and quiet grief
Moving abroad can be a form of grief, even when it was your own decision. On ambiguous loss, acculturative stress, double belonging and returning home.
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