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Healing Your Traumatized Heart: Seeking Safety, Understanding, and Peace

Leave a Comment / Sudden Loss / By Alan Wolfelt

Editor’s Note: Dr. Wolfelt frequently writes about grieving for military families. He is on the Advisory Board of TAPS, a national nonprofit organization providing compassionate care and comprehensive resources for all those grieving the death of a military or veteran loved one. In this very troubled time where families of civilians and soldiers defending their […]

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Healing Your Holiday Grief

by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. If you could go back in time and relive a special holiday, which one would you choose? Close your eyes for a moment and think about this holiday. Now, slowly, walk through this memory in your mind. What made it so special? What were the surroundings like? Who inhabits this

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Understanding the Guilt of Grief

Leave a Comment / Advice for the Grieving / By Alan Wolfelt

by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. “Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.” — Coco Chanel If you’re feeling guilty, ashamed, or regretful in the aftermath of the death of someone loved, the first thing I want to do is assure you that all your emotions are normal. While these feelings are painful, they

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Healing Your Holiday Grief

Leave a Comment / Advice for the Grieving, Grieving During the Holidays / By Alan Wolfelt

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Understanding Your Grief Part 4

Leave a Comment / Advice on Grieving / By Alan Wolfelt

Ten Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart Part 4 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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