Michelle Bronzo Counseling

02/07/2024

I’m happy to share that I’ve obtained a new certification: Fellow in Thanatology (FT) from Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC)! This designates an advancement of knowledge, experience, and education in the field of Thanatology (death, dying, and bereavement). Thank you to Association for Death Education and Counseling for encouraging me to apply!

27/01/2022

New blog up on my website about how lonely grief can feel even when surrounded by family. Please read and share with those who could benefit!

www.michellebronzocounseling.com/blog/grievinginseparaterooms

“It seems like no one is going through what I am going through.” “I feel like I am falling apart and everyone else appears to be doing okay.” “It’s hard for me to let other people see me cry.” Why is it that you can feel so lonely in grief, even when surrounded by family members who ar...

06/01/2022

Do you have your advance directives written?

I just put out a blog post on why everyone needs to have advance directives and needs to have them now. Read below if you don't have yours done and commit to creating them as a New Year's resolution!! It's so important!

Advance directives are documents that communicate your wishes about your medical care in the event you are not able to speak for yourself. Many people think that advance directives are meant for people who are elderly or ill, and therefore do not have them prepared for themselves. In reality though,

11/11/2021

New blog post up about "Getting Through the Holidays While Grieving." Please share with anyone who might benefit from reading this as the holiday season approaches!

The death of a loved one can leave little landmines throughout the day (unexpected triggers of grief that go off without a moment’s notice), but the holidays can be a particularly troublesome time to try to navigate grief. Holidays can be stressful at even the best of times, and grief adds an addi...

26/08/2021

New post up on my blog about cancer and fertility for anyone of reproductive age who receives a cancer diagnosis. Fertility preservation is an essential part of the treatment conversation!!

When you are initially diagnosed with cancer, a million thoughts are likely to race to mind (including thoughts like, “Will I die?”). Fertility preservation may not be top of mind, but is a crucial component of the treatment conversation for those of reproductive age. According to Livestrong’s...

19/08/2021

New post up on my website's blog about grief poetry. Please visit my website and check out any other blog posts that might interest you... it really helps with my google search optimization! Thanks all!

For those of you who are drawn to poetry, here is a collection of my favorite grief poems. Perhaps some will resonate with you.

27/05/2021

New blog up on my website about "Coping with an Advanced Cancer Diagnosis." Please share with anyone who might benefit, or feel free to read it yourself to have a better understanding about what people with stage 4 cancer are dealing with. Thank you!

The words that you never thought you would hear and change your life in an instant: “ The cancer has spread .” After you recover from the mental blackout that likely occurred following these words, the next thought is, “ Now what? ” In the past, receiving a stage four cancer diagnosis (also ...

26/04/2021

New blog up on my website: "Who Will I Call Now? The Ripple Effect of Parent Loss:

Please share with anyone who has lost a parent and could benefit from reading this.

The loss of a parent is something that almost everyone experiences at some point in their life, and the longer you live, the greater chance you will have of losing one - or both - of your parents. While intellectually you know that death is inevitable and that your parents will likely predecease you

19/04/2021

Do you have to plan a memorial service or celebration of life for someone you love? Have you thought about this at all for yourself? This is something we all should be thinking about and planning for, regardless of age. Read more about this topic in my latest blog post:

What should we do? I hope that they would have wanted this… Are we giving them the right kind of send-off? If you ever have been in the position before of having to plan a funeral, memorial service, or celebration of life for a loved one, you likely know that it is far easier to do so when you hav...

01/04/2021

New blog up on my website about cancer-related fatigue. Please share with anyone who might benefit from reading it :-).

I thought these treatments were supposed to be helping me? Why do I feel so tired? Rest assured that fatigue is not necessarily a sign that your disease is worsening; instead it occurs primarily because the body needs extra energy to repair the healthy tissue damaged by treatment. Cancer-related fa

23/03/2021

New blog up on the website-- Please share with anyone who might benefit from reading it :-)

How many siblings do you have? You likely have been asked this seemingly innocuous, simple question hundreds of times over the course of your life, during a classroom writing prompt, on a date, by a new friend, or in other professional and personal settings. You may have an equally simple answer:

26/02/2021

New blog up on my website. Please read and share with anyone who might benefit from this topic!

The death of a partner can be one of the most devastating things you will experience in your life. At times it might be hard to know how to go on, let alone to think about having another romantic relationship. The process might seem daunting, a painful reminder about what has been lost, or simply un