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When dealing with teenagers, grief is almost impossible to avoid. Even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect and claim more lives going into 2021, adolescents will still have a hard time getting through the worst of times. Whether it is a grandparent, a family friend, or even sometimes someone their own age that they’ve …
Wrapping your head around Adolescent Grief: 7 tools: AfterTalk Pandemic Weekly Read More »
Continue Readingby Kristin Herman With a pandemic going on, children may have experienced the loss of loved ones – a parent, a grandparent, a close relative, a friend … the list may go on for some children. So, what can parents do to talk about death, and the grief that comes along with it? Death can …
7 Books That Teach Kids About Death And Grief: AfterTalk Pandemic Weekly Read More »
Continue ReadingArt and the Bereaved: How Can Art Creation Be A Vital Aid? By Katlyn Eriksen The current pandemic is proving to be a ‘double crisis’ for people with depression, and the Anxiety and Depression Association of America predicts that PTSD could be one long-term mental health effect of COVID-19. The situation is, of course, more severe …
Art and the Bereaved: AfterTalk Pandemic Weekly Read More »
Continue ReadingEditor’s Note: I realize I recently reposted this after the COVID-19 death toll passed 200. We approach 400 as I write this. I am posting it again in honor of Inauguration Day, so we remember the character of the man we just elected. Joe Biden TRANSCRIPT: 5/14/20, The Last Word w/ Lawrence O’Donnell COVID-19 …
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Continue ReadingWe have three pandemics sweeping the world: COVID-19, Climate Change, and Hatred. Last week the third of those took the like of a courageous police officer. We honor him today with a video by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger commenting on one of the three worst days in the last 100 years. Oh, and by the way, …
Grieving for a Hero: AfterTalk Pandemic Weekly Read More »
Continue Reading7 Ways To Use Writing To Cope With Grief by Ashley Halsey The death of a loved one can be truly devastating – even to the point where you’re forced to put your own life on hold for months, or years. And especially during our current pandemic, typical expressions of grief are invariably hampered. However, …
7 Ways To Use Writing To Cope With Grief: AfterTalk Pandemic Weekly Read More »
Continue ReadingThere are several suggested New Year’s resolutions for the grieving. This one is from Hospice of the Red River Valley: I resolve to not place time limits on my grief; it will take as long as it takes. I resolve to acknowledge my grief as my own—that it is as individual as I am—and will take shape …
New Year’s Grieving Resolutions: AfterTalk Pandemic Weekly Read More »
Continue ReadingFrom a dear friend and extraordinary performer, Annalee Van Kleeck Editor’s Note: for more posts about grieving during the holidays, Click this link: https://blog.aftertalk.com/?s=holiday+grieving Every Wednesday we will be publishing Pandemic Weekly for, we hope, not too long. We invite you to submit your thoughts, essays, poems or songs. Please send to info@aftertalk.com.
Continue Reading[Note: this was first published in December of 2013] My co-Founder Lisa suggested this. So nobody you know took my advice and called to include you in their holiday plans. Sorry that didn’t work out.. And you were too reluctant to reach out to them and ask to be included. Most of us feel this …
Managing Your Own Grief During the Holidays: An AfterTalk Plan B Read More »
Continue Readingby Thomas Attig I am sure that I am not alone in approaching Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah, and New Years with sorrow in my heart over the death of a loved one. I hope these reflections will provide guidance for reaching through the sorrows of loss in the coming season. During the holidays, the pain of …
Holiday Sorrows and Precious Gifts: AfterTalk Pandemic Weekly Read More »
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