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MANAGING TRAUMATIC GRIEF AND COPING AFTER NATIONAL CRISES: AfterTalk Weekly

Editor’s note: this post was authored by Bradley University’s Online Counseling Department. It is not only content rich, but the many links are amazingly useful and reliable. When a traumatic event occurs, the first emotions we tend to experience are shock and horror. Reality itself may seem to be suspended temporarily, but once we realize […]

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Waking Up to Gratitude: AfterTalk Pandemic Weekly

Leave a Comment / Pandemic Grieving / By Alan Wolfelt

by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. I’ve become a fan of sunrises. Before COVID-19 changed all of our lives, my busy travel and teaching schedule had me hopping. Most mornings after I woke up, I went straight to work. I had a love-hate relationship with the adrenaline of stress. I was a slave to emails, itineraries,

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“Tell Me How to Grieve” AfterTalk Pandemic Weekly 10.6.21

Leave a Comment / Advice on Grieving / By Alan Wolfelt

Thoughts on Leaning on Ceremony After a Death During the Pandemic by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. This pandemic is replete with tragedy, but one Colorado story not far from my home has been weighing on my heart. In the Huffington Post on May 7, 2020, Mary Hagen Roberts published an essay about the death of

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How to make room for other people’s grief: A pandemic-era guide

Leave a Comment / Grieving, Pandemic Grieving / By Larry Lynn

Editor’s Note: AfterTalk’s posts on grieving have been mostly based on Western traditions and Judeo-Christian values. This week and next we are posting articles offering Hindu and Buddhist discussions of the grieving process. How to make room for other people’s grief: A pandemic-era guide from the… At the workplace, the grocery store or in conversation,

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Speaking Grief

Leave a Comment / Pandemic Grieving, Talking to the Grieving / By Larry Lynn

Editor’s Note: I came upon this extraordinary documentary from PBS, and felt that it was appropriate just as we as a nation hit the 600,000 mark in COVID-19 deaths. I encourage you to visit the Speaking Grief website for its many resources beyond this documentary. https://speakinggrief.org/ Speaking Grief explores the transformative experience of losing a

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