Category: A Moment to Reflect
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Written by Tiff / A Grief Moment Betty My paternal grandmother, Betty, was my world. She taught me how to love. She was full of joy, ambition, and a kind of energy that made her presence unforgettable. Her aura was delightful, magnetic, inspiring, motivational, and mesmerizing, all at once. She was the kind of person…
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Written by Tiff | A Grief Moment Introduction Sometimes grief asks us to look beyond what we have lost and examine who we became while trying to hold on. When a relationship doesn’t unfold the way we hoped, we may find ourselves confronting disappointment, uncertainty, resentment, and parts of ourselves we don’t always recognize. We…
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Written by Tiff | A Grief Moment During my undergraduate studies in psychology, I learned about theory of mind. At the time, I understood the concept intellectually. Years later, a personal experience helped me understand it in a different way. In simple terms, theory of mind is the understanding that other people have thoughts, beliefs,…
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Written by Tiff | A Grief Moment In 2021, I was introduced to multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer that begins in plasma cells, a type of white blood cell found in the bone marrow. These cells normally help the body fight infection by producing antibodies. With multiple myeloma, abnormal plasma cells multiply and…
