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Continuing Bonds – ways of staying connected when a loved one has died
Grief is often described as a journey, although for many people it doesn’t have a clear start and end point. Continuing bonds is one way of dealing with that journey. Everyone grieves in different ways and many theories have been developed about the grieving process. In this guest article Sarah Jones, Founder of Full Circle Funerals writes that, in her experience, many people find the theory of continuing bonds particularly helpful. What is “Continuing Bonds” theory? Put simply, continuing bonds theory states that when someone dies, our relationship with them doesn’t end, but it changes. The relationship may continue [...]