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There is no real way to deal with everything you lose.
Joan Didion, from an interview in the San Francisco Chronicle, January 6, 2004.

What are the areas of loss?
Here are some examples of loss. It is not a complete list; we can all add to it from personal experience.

People: We can lose a relationship in many ways. As mentioned above it is not only death that ends a relationship. The loss may be of your spouse or partner, a child or parent, a long time friend. It may be a single loss or the build up of losses over time.

Place: You may have become attached to a place and then for some reason, you are gone from that place of comfort of home. You may have moved many times as a child, or as an adult.

Things & Roles: Possessions handed down to us. Things treasured for the memories they hold; things we associate with people we love. I would include here roles and jobs because they are part of us and when we lose them it can be a deeply felt loss.

Self: To lose your way. This may be a very profound feeling of having no purpose. Or it may be a nagging feeling that you missed something; some turn in the road that would have led to happiness. We also lose our self in a direct way as we age. And for some we lose aspects of ourselves prematurely to disease.

Part Two will look at how we are affected by loss.

Fritz M. Brunner, Ph.D. 2005

Fritz Brunner

Fritz M. Brunner, Ph.D.

Fritz is a seasoned professional with business experience spaning international corporations, local non-profit organizations, governmental agencies and the founding of F:M ReSources. His degrees are in business administration and psychology. Past positions inlude vice president and manager of projects and then resource manager in the information technology division of a global financial services institution. Program manager for a non-profit healthcare agency where he engaged in program development at a start-up site. Management of a contract with the State of California for resources centers.

Fritz's management consulting and coaching is directed at working with individual executives and management teams to identify and implement creative and practical solutions that answer their needs and further their goals. His cross cultural experience inludes clients located in the San Francisco bay area, in Asia and Europe.

Fritz earned a bachelor?s degree in business administration from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, a master?s degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, California, and a Doctorate in Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, California. He is a CASRA Certified Trainer for their PRP Certificate Program. He has published numerous articles featured on various web sites and has Expert Author status. He has been studying and utilizing the Enneagram for over twenty years. Fritz presented ?The Enneagram as a Team Building Tool,? to an international conference at Stanford. He is a member of the Strategic Management Society and a commissioner of the City of Walnut Creek Arts Commission.