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Mindful Grief: 3 Ways to Manage Your Sorrow August 8, 2014 . 25 Comments
Editor’s note: Ashley Davis Bush, LICSW specializes in grief counseling and couples counseling and is the author of the book Transcending Loss. Her continuing education presentation ... Read More
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Not All Is Lost: How Grief Transforms Us July 2, 2014 . 16 Comments
“Go into your grief, for there your soul will grow.” —Carl Jung Grieving is a powerful and personal journey. It is an inevitable part of living. Eventually we all grieve something ... Read More
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The Power of Lamenting: An Alternative to Numbness and Rage July 1, 2014 . 8 Comments
Here are a couple of questions for you. What happens inside you when you when you read or listen to the daily litany of abuse of power, suffering, injustice, murder, war, and destruction ... Read More
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Grief and Chronic Illness: How to Find Acceptance June 26, 2014 . 15 Comments
In my work with chronic illness, I’ve noticed that people tend to move through the stages of grief. Just as when a family member or friend dies, when you’re diagnosed with a chronic ... Read More
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Heartbreak and Healing: Why We Love Breakup Songs June 5, 2014 . 6 Comments
If you like to listen to music, you’re probably familiar with the intense flurry of emotion that can come when you hear a song that precisely fits the mood you’re in—a song that perfectly ... Read More
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Moving Forward after the Death of a Child June 4, 2014 . 49 Comments
The death of a child is one of the most difficult and traumatic events that a parent can encounter, one that will shape emotional experiences over the lifespan. Parents will encounter a ... Read More
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Coping with Grief: Why Forgiveness Matters So Much May 23, 2014 . 21 Comments
Death is a subject that is generally off-limits in our society. We spend much of our time denying its existence and its inexorable approach, even though we all realize that we will die ... Read More
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How to Help a Loved One through Grief or Bereavement May 18, 2014 . 5 Comments
It’s never easy to watch someone you love suffer. For people experiencing grief, help is often hard to find. Some people avoid grieving loved ones because they don’t know what ... Read More
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300 Schoolgirls and the Shock of Community Violence May 15, 2014 . 5 Comments
The April 14 kidnapping of nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls has sparked international outrage as concerns about the girls’ fate grow more dire. A popular Facebook and Twitter hashtag ... Read More
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Even Dads Grieve: Supporting Fathers in Times of Loss and Need May 7, 2014 . 7 Comments
In our testosterone-filled culture of machismo, men are often not given the luxury of grieving in public. Despite shifting social norms and broader acceptance of public displays of emotion, ... Read More
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Why the Death of a Pet Matters (and Why Your Sympathy Does, Too) April 24, 2014 . 31 Comments
Death is a part of life. Loss is all around us, but people struggle to know how to show sympathy and empathy, especially when it pertains to the death of a pet. I opened my private psychotherapy ... Read More
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How Much Grief Can a Relationship Handle? March 26, 2014 . 143 Comments
Although grief is a part of life, it can be one of the hardest parts of life, and one of the most difficult to understand. At the end of the day, grief is a very lonely journey. People ... Read More