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Ten Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart Part 3 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 …
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Continue ReadingEditor’s Note: Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is a traditional Mexican holiday celebrated November 2. On this day, it is believed that the souls of the dead return to visit their living family members. Many people celebrate this day by visiting the graves of deceased loved ones and setting up altars …
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Continue ReadingTen Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart Part 2 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 …
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Continue ReadingPart 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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Continue ReadingEditor’s Note: we get this question a lot. Also, many of those who have suffered loss are in a demographic that predicts we will know someone else who is bereaved. by Pearl Holland A sympathy card or note is a message sent to someone who has recently lost a loved one. The purpose of a …
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Continue ReadingFIVE 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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Continue ReadingFour 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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Continue ReadingEditors Note: Queen Elizabeth has been there my entire conscious life. I was four when she was coronated. Charles and I share a birth year, so all that separates us is seven months and a few billion dollars. AfterTalk decided to repeat her 2021 Christmas speech when she spoke so eloquently about her own grieving …
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Continue ReadingGrieving the Loss of Your Unborn Child: How To Cope No matter how far along you are in your pregnancy, the loss of a child is devastating. Losing an unborn child is traumatic for both parents and you might feel like you’re at a complete loss when it comes to what you should do next. …
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Continue Readingby 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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