Loss Archives - Stephanie Sarkis PhD

Why do we donate junk?

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-11-20T07:53:45-05:00May 16th, 2011|Categories: ADD, ADHD, Organizing|Tags: clutter, collect, donations, fear, guilt, junk, Loss, MSNBC, Organizing, shame, spring cleaning, throw out, tornado, toss|

Donations of junk are creating even more work for tornado relief workers, according to an MSNBC article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43039417/ns/weather/t/after-tornadoes-junk-donations-become-challenge/ From the article: "That becomes the disaster within the disaster," said Salvation Army spokesman Mark Jones. "When people make those mass donations ... it causes the community to be overrun with them and have to deal with that [...]

5 Tips for Dealing with the Sunday Blues

For many people, Sunday can be a rough day. This is especially true if you have been through a loss. Here are 5 ways to make your Sunday go a little easier. 1. Have a schedule. Part of having the Sunday blues is that it's one of the days of the week that doesn't really have [...]