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Understanding Your Grief: Ten Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart

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Part 1 of 4 by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Editor’s note: This four-part series is excerpted and greatly condensed from the second edition of Dr. Wolfelt’s classic Understanding Your Grief, first published thirty years ago. The new edition, just published in September 2021, retains the original bestseller’s compassionate content but adds concise passages on more […]

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FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE: An AfterTalk Inspirational Quote for Yom Kippur

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FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE is a famous sermon given by Rabbi Kenneth Berger on Yom Kippur day in the fall of 1986. It was inspired by the crash of the Challenger space shuttle on January 28, 1986 and the subsequent revelation that the crew had likely survived the explosion and lived for another five minutes

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Four Things to Know About Emotional Wellness and Suicide Prevention

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Four Things to Know About Emotional Wellness and Suicide Prevention by Melissa Howard  Editor’s note: this piece is written by the founder of Stop Suicide (www.stopsuicide.info). Studies have shown that bereavement is associated with impaired mental health, increases in adverse health behaviors, and heightened risk of suicidal ideation, attempts, and death by suicide. For example, parental

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Working While Mourning: How To Grieve When You’re On The Job

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by Adrian Martin One of the hardest parts about losing someone is that after they’re gone, your life goes on. You still have the same responsibilities to keep up, from your full-time job to your household chores. Working while mourning is a challenge.  Perhaps you’ve taken time off, and now you’re scheduled to return to

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The Seesaw of Resilience and Vulnerability: AfterTalk Weekly

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The Seesaw of Resilience and Vulnerability It’s this back-and-forth of grief that provides momentum for the journey.   Editor’s Note: this article originally appeared in TAPS Magazine. TAPS Magazine is dedicated to America’s fallen heroes and their surviving families and friends. This explains the military references. For more on TAPS, see below. By Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D.

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Navigating Preemptive Grief: Preparing for the Death of a Loved One

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Navigating Preemptive Grief: Preparing for the Death of a Loved One We usually associate the grieving process with a loved one that has already passed away. Their absence leaves a hole in our lives we struggle to adjust to, as we certainly can’t fill it. Yet, there are times we can start to experience grief

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