Helping a Grandparent Who is Grieving

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A child or young adult has died. Everyone who loved the child is now faced with mourning this tragic, untimely death. The child’s parents are heartbroken. But what about the grandparents? [...]

Helping a Grieving Friend in the Workplace

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A friend or acquaintance in your workplace has experienced the death of someone loved. You want to help, but you are not sure how to go about it. This article will help you turn your cares and [...]

Helping a Suicide Survivor Heal

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Historian Arnold Toynbee once wrote, “There are always two parties to a death; the person who dies and the survivors who are bereaved.” Unfortunately, many survivors of suicide suffer [...]

Helping Your Family When a Member is Dying

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You have learned that someone in your family is dying. You want to help the ill person as well as your family. This article will guide you in ways to turn your cares and concerns into positive [...]

You Must Say Hello Before You Say Goodbye

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A paradox is a seemingly self-contradictory statement or situation that is in fact often true. The paradox of mourning we will consider together in this article might, at first glance, seem [...]

You Must Go Backward Before You Can Go Forward

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A paradox is a seemingly self-contradictory statement or situation that is in fact often true. The paradox of mourning we will consider together in this article might, at first glance, seem [...]

Helping Your Family Heal After Stillbirth

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Few events in life bring about such warm and wonderful feelings of anticipation as the announcement of a pregnancy. As soon as you and your family learned you were expecting, you naturally began [...]

Mustering the Courage to Mourn

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The loss brings uninvited pain into our lives. In the opening to the presence of the pain of your loss, in acknowledging the inevitability of the pain, in being willing to gently embrace the [...]

Helping Yourself Heal When Someone Loved Dies

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Someone you love has died and you are now faced with the difficult, but important, need to mourn. Mourning is the open expression of your thoughts and feelings regarding the death and the person [...]

Helping Yourself Heal When Your Spouse Dies

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Few events in life are as painful as the death of your spouse. You may be uncertain you will survive this overwhelming loss. At times, you may be uncertain you even have the energy or desire to [...]

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