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Communing with nature and Thoreau-like isolation

By Susan Anderson-Khleif
Jul 11, 2020 6:00 AM - When my husband Baheej and I lived in Massachusetts, we used to go swimming in Walden Pond. It is the real Walden Pond immortalized in Henry David Thoreau's writing about communing with nature.
The bereaved can resist feeling like they're 'labeled'

By Susan Anderson-Khleif
Jul 4, 2020 6:00 AM - Labeling is dangerous and we must all resist "labels" and their harmful consequences. I mention this because the bereaved are often labeled as "too sad" or "odd" if they don't "get over" their grief in a short, socially expected amount of time.
Anticipating a 'not normal' Fourth of July

By Susan Anderson-Khleif
Jun 27, 2020 7:00 AM - Here we go … another major holiday under pandemic conditions. We have made lots of accommodations, but I don't think I will ever really be comfortable with the "new normal." And I'll miss the normal Fourth of July activities this year.
Fallout shelters and other lessons from our pasts

By Susan Anderson-Khleif
Jun 20, 2020 6:00 AM - These times remind me in certain ways of the era of fallout shelters, when people built a safe shelter in case of a nuclear disaster. You likely have heard about this or lived through this period from the late 1950s through the early '70s. Both periods of time involved uncertainty, anxiety and fear.
The grieving must find a way through the woods

By Susan Anderson-Khleif
Jun 13, 2020 10:34 AM - Recently I got a surprise in the mail. It was a book! It's a very special story about a young woman from Malaysia who met a wonderful Norwegian man, fell in love and married him. They had a happy and blissful marriage until he died suddenly at the age of 54. She was devastated.
Finding solace in travel books and novels

By Susan Anderson-Khleif
Jun 6, 2020 6:00 AM - One day, a friend mentioned finding solace in books. Solace is a good word to use in this column because one meaning is actually "consolation in grief."
Isolation is difficult, but you can still explore the world

By Susan Anderson-Khleif
May 30, 2020 6:00 AM - Many of our usual enriching activities are cut off for now, but learning is available to all of us. Such learning is especially vital if one is in grief and living alone.
After a loss, you may need to strengthen your 'sense of self'

By Susan Anderson-Khleif
May 23, 2020 6:00 AM - For the bereaved, the personal identity issue is very complicated. Our identities get so closely bound to the roles of wife, husband, parent, friend. Even though one still has his or her own identity after losing a loved one, the loss of longtime affection, friendship and companionship are all so sad.
Get over little spats. Friendship too valuable to squander

By Susan Anderson-Khleif
May 16, 2020 6:00 AM - Real friendship is hard to come by and not something one should lose easily. Could grief be an underlying factor in a squabble? There is often a lot of anger in grief, even in long-term grief. Job 1 is to find a way to patch up a spat with a friend.
The power of positive attitude and modern medicine

By Susan Anderson-Khleif
May 9, 2020 6:00 AM - I don't believe I've ever mentioned this before (in this column) but I'm what they call a "cancer survivor." It's not my identity, of course, but it did happen to me, as to many others.

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