Previous articles by Suraj Shah on bereavement, loss and on leading a calm and purposeful life.
2020
- Unjust - 3 June 2020
2019
- Still here - 22 April 2019
- The gift of song - 11 February 2019
2018
- The gentle smiling magician - 5 October 2018
- 40 years on, or now? - 4 October 2018
- Would I want to be a bachelor again? - 18 August 2018
- Me again - 17 August 2018
2017
- The Great Storm 30 years on: Surfacing trapped memories from childhood - 16 October 2017
- Death Café: my first experience - 21 July 2017
2016
- Upgrading to the sea view - 27 March 2016
2015
- Deep inner calm - 11 September 2015
2014
- Fewer buts, more brilliance - 15 December 2014
- Isolated - 13 October 2014
- Missing loved ones during significant life events - 24 September 2014
2013
- Calm living in 5 sentences - 15 November 2013
- Resolving the unresolved - 27 October 2013
- 7 years, 7 lessons - 26 September 2013
- Live with challenging situations - 17 August 2013
- Lead an optimal way of life - 16 July 2013
- True independence - 4 July 2013
- Adventure following loss - 20 June 2013
- Dissolving the resistance to doing what you want - 11 June 2013
- Forgive and let go - 31 May 2013
- Change in routine - 30 April 2013
- Death at birth - 16 April 2013
- Understanding inappropriate behaviour - 31 March 2013
- No-one is anyone’s - 27 February 2013
- The elder brother I never had - 2 February 2013
- Here one moment, gone the next - 29 January 2013
- Less suffering in silence - 23 January 2013
- Sticking to that commitment - 18 January 2013
- Losing a second child - 14 January 2013
- New beginnings - 1 January 2013
2012
- It will feel like an emotional rollercoaster - 20 November 2012
- Ride out the storm - 30 October 2012
- Get out of bed - 26 October 2012
- The other option - 23 October 2012
- Reach out and lighten the load - 19 October 2012
- The carer’s role - 16 October 2012
- Shifting the moody life - 12 October 2012
- Wash away the pain - 9 October 2012
- I don’t miss you, mum - 26 September 2012
- To be an ocean of love - 7 September 2012
- Spirit of youth - 23 August 2012
- Miss you - 15 August 2012
- The real shock of loss - 9 August 2012
- When loss hurts just a little too much - 30 July 2012
- The possibility of “could” - 24 July 2012
- Being able to say goodbye - 13 July 2012
- Shy away: making new friends - 11 July 2012
- Audio interview on bereavement, loss and missing a loved one - 7 July 2012
- Gain from loss - 22 June 2012
- Wishing to be left alone - 19 June 2012
- A father’s day note if you miss your dad - 15 June 2012
- One calming word - 12 June 2012
- Getting grief and bereavement support - 3 June 2012
- Let go of control to feel great! - 31 May 2012
- Last day living - 28 May 2012
- Grandmother’s values live on - 9 May 2012
- Sweet elderly lady - 28 April 2012
- Calm inducing rituals - 27 April 2012
- Love overcomes loss - 5 April 2012
- What am I depending on for happiness? - 5 March 2012
- Orin Lewis on focusing the mind rather than worrying about loss - 30 January 2012
- Wipe the phone and all is well - 4 January 2012
2011
- Charities that lose credibility - 28 November 2011
- Saved the ladybird from drowning, but then crushed it - 18 November 2011
- Attachment-free relationships - 6 November 2011
- I’m sorry, I forgot - 1 November 2011
- Falling silent after a patient’s death - 31 October 2011
- Allowing for silence - 25 October 2011
- Community and mutual support - 19 October 2011
- 4 stages of bereavement - 5 October 2011
- Missing mum, 5 years on - 24 September 2011
- Regrets of the dying - 17 September 2011
- Surrender yourself to a different high - 13 September 2011
- 9/11 didn’t affect me - 12 September 2011
- Mundane time drain verses enthused creation - 9 September 2011
- Summer ends - 31 August 2011
- It’s your own fault - 29 August 2011
- Did we cause loss of trade? - 25 August 2011
- Water – thirst-quenching, body-purifying, life-enhancing water - 19 August 2011
- My wife’s not a Shah - 17 August 2011
- Best thing in the world - 15 August 2011
- Tame the rioter within - 13 August 2011
- Only protecting my own - 9 August 2011
- When dropping your phone is not the end of the world - 28 July 2011
- The ultimate mark of friendship - 17 July 2011
- Brian Haw – purposefully stubborn to end innocent deaths - 5 July 2011
- Making the most of a sunny day - 26 June 2011
- Who is looking back at me? - 22 June 2011
- Interview: Premal Shah on the loss of his cousin brother - 13 June 2011
- Father’s shelter - 9 June 2011
- Bucket list of a 15 year old - 8 June 2011
- Every decision is life or death - 3 June 2011
- Reacting to the news of a teacher dying - 28 May 2011
- Would you notice? - 22 April 2011
- Paying your respects at the community prayer meeting - 21 April 2011
- Learning how to live - 20 April 2011
- How To Overcome Grief When A Friend Passes Away - 25 January 2011
- One Day Life Changes - 24 January 2011
- How to support someone at their time of loss - 22 January 2011