Preparing for the Loss of a Loved One
It's hard to lose a loved one. There seems like there is always another question you want answered to help prepare for the passing of...
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Making the Road Less Lonely
We are always looking for new articles, stories, poetry, and memoirs dealing with grief, loss, dying, and volunteerism.
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How to Cope With Losing a Parent - Part 2
In part 1 of “How to Cope with Losing a Parent,” we looked at the different ways the relationship you had with your parents can affect...
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What is Traumatic Grief?
Everyone experiences grief differently. There are some commonalities that exist amongst people who have experienced a certain type of...
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What is the Palliative Performance Scale - part 2
Written by CL Smith When I started researching the Palliative Performance Scale and fell down the rabbit hole that is called Google, I...
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A Basic Understanding of Grief
Grief is a universal human response to loss. It is a normal, healthy, experience involving complex emotions, thoughts, spiritual states,...
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Grief & Valentine’s Day
Just as you make it through the grief of the winter holiday season, Valentine’s Day hits. If you are grieving a loved one, this day can...
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You Are Not Alone in Grief, Even in the Month of Love
Written February 1, 2021 by CL Smith When you are living with grief, there is nothing worse than an entire month filled with romance,...
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How not to sink into the Winter Blues
Prepared by The Lighthouse for Grieving Children With the holidays behind us comes the challenge of how to not sink into the Winter...
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The Cost of Caring: 10 Ways to Prevent Compassion Fatigue
https://www.goodtherapy.org/for-professionals/business-management/human-resources/article/cost-of-caring-10-ways-to-prevent-compassion-fa...
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Compassion Fatigue
https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/compassion-fatigue Compassion fatigue, also known as second-hand shock and secondary stress...
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Grief after a Traumatic Loss
JANUARY 19, 2016 Grief After Traumatic Loss Written January 19, 2016 by ELEANOR HALEY https://whatsyourgrief.com/traumatic-loss/are Pin...
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Losing a Child to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
https://bandbacktogether.com/master-resource-links-2/loss-resources/sudden-infant-death-syndrome-sids-resources/ Written July 1, 2019...
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Funeral Guidance during a Pandemic
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/funeral-guidance.html Grieving the loss of a loved one during the fear and...
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Reclaiming Death as an Honoured Part of Life
Memento Mori: “Remember, Thou art Mortal” Written by Nicola Finch and originally published in the Summer 2020 issue of The Green Gazette....
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10 Children Books on Death, Grief, and Loss for Younger Readers
Published March 31, 2017 https://www.funeralguide.com/blog/10-childrens-books-on-death-grief-and-loss When a loved-one dies, a child may...
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5 Grief Apps for the Bereaved
Published February 5, 2018 https://www.funeralguide.com/blog/5-grief-apps After losing a loved one, you may feel you need support in...
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All the Things We Have to Mourn Now
How Grief & Mourning has Changed during the Corvid-19 Pandemic Written May 1, 2020 by Joe Pinsker (staff reporter for The Atlantic)...
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Surviving the Grief of a Suicide
https://suicideprevention.ca/bereaving-from-suicide You are not Alone If you are very new to the tragedy of suicide loss, despair may be...
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