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Grieving While Estranged
“It’s simply not true that blood is the ultimate bond; some families have become so damaged by trauma that time together is harmful for all…
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I’ll Always Love You By Hans Wilhelm
Our animal companions are important parts of our lives and their death is a difficult, life changing event. I’ll Always Love You is a gentle…
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Grieving During Passover
Passover is the most family- centered Jewish Holiday. Those who have lost a loved one are living with their sadness when others are celebrating a…
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It’s OK That You’re Not Ok: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand
In It’s OK That You’re Not OK, Megan Devine offers a profound new approach to both the experience of grief and the way we try to help…
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A Peaceful Piggy’s Guide to Sickness and Death Sadness and Love
Experiencing a loved one’s illness or death is challenging for both children and their grownups. With three distinct sections to choose from—when someone we love…
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The Salami Salesman and His Daughter Falafel: What an Older Man’S Death Can Teach Us About How and How Not to Care for the Frail and Dying
Dr Laurie Mallery is a practising physician of internal and geriatric medicine at a major urban teaching hospital, where she takes care of frail older…
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Confessions of a Griever
You’re NOT crazy and your feelings ARE normal. By using humour, Chrystal Webster wants readers to know they are not alone. Confessions of a…
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When Ignoring the Holidays Is Not an Option
As the Holidays approach, excitement and anticipation come with it. But not for everyone. For those grieving it can come with dread and sadness. So…
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Hard Choices for Loving People & Light in the Shadows by Hank Dunn
Hank Dunn, MDiv, is an ordained healthcare chaplain who, during his career of over 30 years, has helped countless patients and their families navigate healthcare…
- Family ·
How to Be Helpful When Someone Dies (Besides Bringing Food)
When we hear that someone has died, we think of ways to help and one of those things is to drop off food at the home of the…
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Living Fully, Dying Consciously by Sue Brayne
“Living Fully, Dying Consciously” steps into the heart of the human condition to explore why our entire life is a psychological and spiritual preparation for…
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At Heaven’s Door By William J. Peters
In 2000, end-of-life therapist and founder of the Shared Crossing Project William Peters was volunteering at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco when he…
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Walking Him Home
Alan and Joanne marry in midlife and live a happily-ever-after existence until, at sixty-nine, Alan is diagnosed with a rare, fatal, neurodegenerative illness. As…
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You Won’t Always Be This Sad
Sheree Fitch has turned grief into poetry in this book from a reassurance her own mother had given her; her own mother who had also…
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The End of Life Guideline Series by Barbara Karnes
Barbara Karnes, RN, is an internationally respected speaker, educator, author, and considered a leader on matters of end-of-life. While present at the bedside of…
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What to Expect at a Jewish Funeral
In the Jewish faith, the community has their own customs in regard to funeral practices. Some customs are dictated by tradition while others are the…
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It’s Your Funeral!: Plan the Celebration of a Lifetime–Before It’s Too Late
Death is scary—but planning your funeral doesn’t have to be! It’s Your Funeral! will help demystify death, decrease your anxiety, and put the fun back in funeral, whether that…
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Ask Them to Tell You Their Stories
In the presence of tragedy, we often say “I can’t imagine”. In these days of the ‘grief pandemic’, Rebecca Soffer thinks it’s time that we…
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Understanding grief: Symptoms, Stages, and Coping
Grief is a natural response to loss, yet can still be difficult to understand. That’s why the folks at Single Care published this medically-reviewed guide…
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COPE-ing with the Loss of a Child
The COPE Foundations was formed by and for parents dealing with the loss of a child. Through this free service, people can find comfort and…
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How Our Brains Shield us from Mortal Truth
Researchers say our brains do their best to keep us from dwelling on our inevitable demise. “The moment you have this ability to look into…
- End of Life Care ·
How Do You Want To Die?
In a year when death is unavoidably top of mind, a growing number of female-founded online platforms have set out to revolutionize palliative care and digitize estate…
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How to Cope When You’re Grieving the Loss of a Pet
They are more than just pets, they are our companions and part of our family. So just because the loss isn’t human, doesn’t mean it…
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My Wife Of 51 Years Died. Here’s What I Learned.
Richard Toth thought he was prepared for the death of someone he loved for more than half a century. Then he discovered that he wasn’t.…
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Grief and the Holidays
Holidays mark the passage of time in our lives. They are part of the milestones we share with each other and they generally represent time…
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How to Cope with Grief During the Holidays
Grief does not take a back seat during the holidays and can often be magnified. It’s important to acknowledge your feelings and not avoid them.…
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64 Examples of Disenfranchised Grief
We often equate grief to a physical death, but that isn’t always the case. Grief takes on many forms and disenfranchised grief is just one…
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How Grief Works
It’s pretty safe to say that grief is one of those emotional bullets that’s impossible to dodge. Unfortunately for the majority of us, grief becomes…
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The truth about animal grief
“We humans don’t own love or grief – these emotions are widespread in other animals,” says Dr Barbara J King, Emerita Professor of Anthropology at…
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What My Dad’s Death Taught Me About Life
Paul Ollinger didn't shed a tear when his dad died. Instead, he was flooded with an overwhelming sense of gratitude for his father's life and the lessons he left behind.
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14 Common Mistakes To Avoid When Making A Will
This great article is from UK Solicitors, Percy Hughes & Roberts, but the advice is applicable to many countries around the world. It is always best to seek legal counsel.
- End of Life Preparation ·
Privilege and The Good Death
The ultimate mission of those involved in the “death positive” movement is to advocate for and acheive “a good death” which means death that is…
- Grief ·
The Second Year After a Loved One’s Death
Jackson Rainer was a psychology professor for 25 years, researching grief and bereavement. All the while, he struggled with his wife’s genetic cancer syndrome which…
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What Does it Feel Like to Die?
Author Jennie Dear’s book “What Does It Feel Like to Die?: Inspiring New Insights into the Experience of Dying” is a touching and compassionate book…
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No casket, no cost: Tennesseans go back to ‘natural’ burial
Natural Burial is the most eco-conscious and low-cost burial option. In a societal environment where the commercialized, disconnected process of death has become the norm,…
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Grief is Healing In Motion
In this excerpt from Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home, Toko-pa Turner explores how grief is more than an expression of pain. Grief is our inner acknowledgement…
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Preparing Children to Visit Someone Who is Dying
Death and Dying can be scary subjects, particularly for kids. But they don’t have to be. Honesty is the best way to prepare children when…
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Preserving Memories After Someone Has Died
Collecting and organizing old photographs can help during a time of grieving. Talk Death has some ideas to help organize that overwhelming pile of photos…
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The Final Act: How We Can Learn to Face Our Death With Clarity and Compassion
Playwright, director, and author Karen Malpede makes a compelling call for us to embrace the important conversation and ask the important questions regarding death as…
- End of Life Care ·
Faces of palliative care
Words like “hospice” and “palliative care” are sometimes used interchangeably, but they don’t refer to the same things. Hospice is a type of care that…
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The audio feature Death: A Five-Part Series by the Nour Foundation
The Nour Foundation, which operates on special consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council as a public charitable and nongovernmental organization, has…
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Unforgettable: A Son, A Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime
While NPR’s Scott Simon sat with his 84-year-old mother who was dying in the intensive care unit of a Chicago hospital, he sent out a…
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Final Passages: Institute of Conscious Dying, Home Funeral and Green Burial Education
“Imagine: facing death with far fewer fears; a funeral ceremony being held in a home or a private, intimate setting, allowing for a longer and…
- End of Life Preparation ·
Death Makes Life Possible
“Being OK with dying is a weird place to be. People think that I’ve given in,” says one man at the centre of the documentary…
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Modern Loss
“One of the best things someone said to me soon after my partner died,” says therapist and writer Megan Devine, “was: With something this big, ‘just…
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Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Roz Chast’s 2014 book, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? starts with this statement: “It was against my parents’ principles to talk about death.”…
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Death’s Door: Modern Dying and the Way We Grieve
Prominent critic, poet and memoirist Sandra M. Gilbert explores death and dying after the untimely loss of her husband. She weaves cultural history, her personal…
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In the Slender Margin: The Intimate Strangeness of Death and Dying
After the loss of her brother in her youth and 20 years working in a hospice, Eve Joseph writes lyrical essays on death, dying and…
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The Mourner’s Dance: What We Do When People Die
“Like many Westerners at the turn of the 21st century, my family and I had not had much to do with death,” says author Katherine…
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Circle of Mothers – Healing, Empowering, Fellowship
Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, created the Circle of Mothers as a way to empower women. The purpose of the Circle of Mothers is…
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Pet Bereavement
“…grief is grief…” This Huffington Post article, Pet Bereavement Is No Different Than Human Bereavement discusses what you might expect to experience when you lose…
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Relating with Mesothelioma
“It’s never easy to lose someone you love. Losing a loved one to an aggressive cancer such as mesothelioma can be even more difficult, because…
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Grieving Everyday Losses
We are aware of the great losses in life, but what about the small ones? The American Counseling Association acknowledges that we have little griefs…
