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Body Acceptance Begins With Grieving the Thin Ideal - By Meredith Noble
Breaking the Silence as a Survivor of Murder-Suicide Loss - By Brittany Nobel McCarthy
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Comforting a Grieving Parent - 12 Do's and Dont's - By The Real Dave O.
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Coping With Grief Following The Unexpected Death Of A Loved One From Drugs And/Or Alcohol: A Step-By-Step Guide - By Spring Hill Recovery Center
Coping With Grief and Loss - By HelpGuide
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A Deep Dive Into Secondary Loss - By What's Your Grief?
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8 Simple Words To Say When Someone You Love Is Grieving - By Tim Lawrence
The Enneagram, Loss and Grief - By David Daniels, MD
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Everyone Has a Story - By Brene Brown
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Going Back to School After a Death: 9 Tips
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Grief After a Murder - By David Kessler
Grief After Traumatic Loss - By What's Your Grief?
Grief and Loss Guide - By Jessica Thomas of Sixty+Me
Grief & Sleep: 7 Tips To Cope With Insomnia After Loss - By Heather Stang, MA, C-IAYT
Grief Brain: It's a Real Thing! - By Melanie at The Life I Didn't Choose Blog
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The Grief of a Overdose Death: Part 2 - By What's Your Grief?
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Grief Support Gone Wrong: When You're Beyond Second Chances - By What's Your Grief?
Grief Taught Me To Rest: Three Ways to Find Joy In Suffering - By Rusty McKie
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Grieving Children: Resources To Help Them and You - By TalkDeath
Grieving and Complex PTSD - By Pete Walker, M.A.
The Grieving Teen - By Helen Fitzgerald, CT
Grieving in the Age of Social Media - By Safe Passage Urns
Guilt vs Regret in Grief - By What's Your Grief?
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HBO's 'Alternate Endings' Asks You To Talk About Death - By Annika Neklason
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How a Suicide Support Group Helped Me After My Brother's Death - By Karen Peloquin
How Does the Betrayed Spouse Grieve Properly - By Rick Reynolds, LCSW
How Finding out About a Spouse’s Affair is Like a Death - By Lkschade
How Grief Shows Up In Your Body - By Stephanie Hairston
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How To Cope with the Grief of Infant Loss - By Zawn Villines
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How To Handle Grief In the Workplace - By Kathleen Smith, PhD, LPC
How To Help Children Handle Grief After the Death of a Parent - By Kelsey Borresen
How To Manage Your Digital Afterlife and Why It Matters - By Lisa Marshall
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Living With the Grief of Murder-Suicide - By Jane Facazkarley
Living With Murder-Suicide - By Tawna Righter
Greenbelt Magazine Article: Local Artist Teaches Art To Help People Recover From Loss - By Veronica LeMaster
Managing Your Distress In the Aftermath of a Shooting
Mourning the Death of a Spouse - By National Institute On Aging
Murder-Suicide and the Meaning of Mercy - By Kevin Dowd
My Husband Killed Our Kids - By Christine Coppa
My Podcast Interview on Miscarriage and Infertility - By Jenny at The Good Day Mom Blog
9 Compassionate Tips for Surviving the Death of Your Baby - By Deborah L. Davis, PhD
Oh, and We Still Grieving: 7 Grief Resources Revealed - By Andrea A. Moore
Parenting Through Grief - By Carly Cash
Recognizing and Grieving Secondary Losses - By Jill LaMorie
Ring Theory Helps Us Bring Comfort In...and “Dump” Our Own Stuff Out - Elana Premack Sandler L.C.S.W., M.P.H
Ripples of Pain From My Brother’s Murder/Suicide 22 Years Ago - By Tony Wade
Self-Care For Grief - Blessings Manifesting
Self-Compassion as Self-Care for Grief: How Being Kind To Yourself Reduces Suffering After Loss (Includes Guided Meditation MP3s) - By Heather Stang
Self Pity and Grieving: 6 Ways To Feel Better - By Maria Hill
The Secret Grief Of Divorce You Never Talk About - By Dr. Karen Finn
The 7 Stages of Grieving a Breakup - By Suzanne Lachmann Psy.D.
64 of the Worst Things Ever Said to a Griever
Sibling Death and Childhood Traumatic Grief - By The National Childhood Traumatic Stress Network
Sibling Suicide: An Avalanche on Life's Path - By Leah Royden
Sibling Suicide Survivors: The "Forgotten Mourners" - By Leah Royden
Siblings & Grief; 10 Things Everyone Should Know - By Christina Hibbert
Spirit-Filled Psychologist Explains the Spiritual Side of Suicide - By Dr. Barbara Lowe
Stages of Grief: The Myth - By Russell Friedman
Stop Saying "I'm Sorry For Your Loss" - By Jamie Cannon, MS, LPC
Supporting a Grieving Friend After A Loss - By What's Your Grief?
Supporting Those Grieving An Overdose Loss - By Stacia Macklin, LCSW
Survivor of Suicide Loss Spearheads Mental Health Resources for Other Survivors in Idaho - By Madeline White
3 Things You Shouldn't Do When Grieving a Divorce - By The Grief Recovery Method
The 10 Stages of Grieving & Overcoming Infidelity - By Dina Strada
10 Sympathy Gifts That Help A Loved One Dealing With Grief
10 Ways to Support a Loved One Who Has Lost Someone To Suicide - By The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
10 Ways to Support Someone Bereaved by Suicide Loss - By Becky of Our Side of Suicide
Thanks For The Offer, But I Don't Know What I Need! - By What's Your Grief?
13 Lessons Learned From Surviving Suicide Loss - By Nikki Sewell, LCSW
36 Sympathy Messages: What to Write in a Condolence Card
Trauma Intervention Program of the Treasure Valley - Resources For Grief & Loss List
25 Practical Ways to Help a Friend Through the Illness or Death of a Spouse - By Jenny Lisk
Types of Grief: Yes, There’s More Than One
Using Art To Overcome Grief - By Lynsey Amundson
Using Music To Help With Grief - By Marty Tousley, RN, MS, FT, BC-TMH
What Is This Feeling? Anticipatory Grief and Other New Pandemic-Related Emotions - By Esther Perel
What It's Like To Grieve A Parent You Didn't Like - By Catherine Pearson
What I've Learned From 1,473 Doctor Suicides - By Pamela Wilbe, MD
What My Fourth Miscarriage Taught Me About Happiness - By Jenny at The Good Day Mom Blog
What to Say to a Grieving Person During a Pandemic - By Gerry R. Cox
When a Child Dies, a Therapist Warns, the Grief of Brothers and Sisters May Leave Lasting Scars - By Civia Tamarkin
When a Teacher or Classmate Dies: Helping Students Grieve When COVID-19 Prevents Physical Gathering - By Donna Schuurman, EdD, FT
When Your Best Friend Dies - By What's Your Grief?
Why Is My Grief Worse At Night? - By What's Your Grief?
Why it’s Okay to Grieve the Loss of the Wrong Relationship - By Kathryn Rosenberg
Working While Morning - By Nicole Spector
Grief and the holidays articles
The Empty Chair at the Holiday Table - By Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D.
How Can You Help a Grieving Friend During the Holidays? - By Megan Devine
Getting Through the Holidays Without Your Mother - By Liz at A Mothership Dow
10 Ways To Survive While Grieving During the Holidays - By Alicia Forneret
20+ Ideas for the First Holiday Season Without a Loved One - By Jasmine Tanguay
Blogs
Brittany Nobel McCarthy
This blog is about how Brittany is surviving the murder-suicide deaths of her father and step-mother and provides resources for survivors of murder-suicide loss.
https://brittanynoblemccarthy.com/
This blog is about how Brittany is surviving the murder-suicide deaths of her father and step-mother and provides resources for survivors of murder-suicide loss.
https://brittanynoblemccarthy.com/
Dealing With My Grief
This blog is first person narrative describing how it's author, Darwyn M. Dave, deals with death, grief and bereavement.
The blog has an accompanying Facebook Grief Support Group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dealingwithmygrief
This blog is first person narrative describing how it's author, Darwyn M. Dave, deals with death, grief and bereavement.
The blog has an accompanying Facebook Grief Support Group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dealingwithmygrief
Embracing Widowhood
Embracing Widowhood is about creating awareness on reputable resources that include organizations, events, podcasts, videos, books, and
BLOGS for the widowed community, to help them seek support, find hope, and help them embrace and navigate widowhood.
You can find 'Embracing Widowhood' on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/embracingwidowhoodresources/
Embracing Widowhood is about creating awareness on reputable resources that include organizations, events, podcasts, videos, books, and
BLOGS for the widowed community, to help them seek support, find hope, and help them embrace and navigate widowhood.
You can find 'Embracing Widowhood' on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/embracingwidowhoodresources/
Faith Wilcox Narratives
Author Faith Wilcox writes about her fourteen-year-old daughter Elizabeth's battle with osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer
Author Faith Wilcox writes about her fourteen-year-old daughter Elizabeth's battle with osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer
Grief From 30K Feet
Lauren, a flight attendant, has dedicate her blog to her mom who was diagnosed with Leukemia and passed away 6 months later. At the age of 37, Lauren became motherless and is now is learning how to move forward in life. She created her blog to embrace her grief and find a way to connect with others with similar experiences. As part of her blog she runs a project called "Cards for Their Memory," where she helps keep the memory alive of your loved one who has passed away.
She knows that the anniversary date can be an extremely tough day, and many people tend to forget about a friend’s loss as their lives have continued on; naturally. It’s difficult for the family, friends and loved ones who miss the ones they have lost. You can complete a simple form to receive a personalized card from Lauren
to honor the day of your loved one. The idea of the “Cards for their Memory” is to give you comfort during the anniversary date and know your loved one isn’t forgotten. Lauren wants to be that person you can count on and rely on each year to remember your loved one’s passing. Lauren's card to you is personalized,
handwritten, and mailed with love. She hopes is to give you comfort and know that your loved one isn’t forgotten with a simple and thoughtful card.
https://grieffrom30kfeet.com/cards-for-their-memory/
Lauren, a flight attendant, has dedicate her blog to her mom who was diagnosed with Leukemia and passed away 6 months later. At the age of 37, Lauren became motherless and is now is learning how to move forward in life. She created her blog to embrace her grief and find a way to connect with others with similar experiences. As part of her blog she runs a project called "Cards for Their Memory," where she helps keep the memory alive of your loved one who has passed away.
She knows that the anniversary date can be an extremely tough day, and many people tend to forget about a friend’s loss as their lives have continued on; naturally. It’s difficult for the family, friends and loved ones who miss the ones they have lost. You can complete a simple form to receive a personalized card from Lauren
to honor the day of your loved one. The idea of the “Cards for their Memory” is to give you comfort during the anniversary date and know your loved one isn’t forgotten. Lauren wants to be that person you can count on and rely on each year to remember your loved one’s passing. Lauren's card to you is personalized,
handwritten, and mailed with love. She hopes is to give you comfort and know that your loved one isn’t forgotten with a simple and thoughtful card.
https://grieffrom30kfeet.com/cards-for-their-memory/
The Grief Girl Blog
The Grief Girl is a blog all about grief, loss, books, lifestyle, and advice.
It is also the home of The Grief Girl Magazine.
The Grief Girl is a blog all about grief, loss, books, lifestyle, and advice.
It is also the home of The Grief Girl Magazine.
Grief Healing
Useful information on care giving, grief, and transition - for anyone coping with loss.
Useful information on care giving, grief, and transition - for anyone coping with loss.
Grief Plus Hope
Maya shares her journey of combining grief & hope in the wake of the very recent death of her sweet little sister Kayla.
You can find 'The Grief Plus Hope Journey - Home' on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/griefplushope
Maya shares her journey of combining grief & hope in the wake of the very recent death of her sweet little sister Kayla.
You can find 'The Grief Plus Hope Journey - Home' on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/griefplushope
Growing with Grief
Growing with Grief is designed to provide resources and comfort to those who are grieving the loss of someone they love.
Check out the website for links to books, blogs, podcasts, and organizations that can help support you (or your loved ones) with grief.
Visit the Growing with Grief Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/GrowingWithGrief/
Growing with Grief is designed to provide resources and comfort to those who are grieving the loss of someone they love.
Check out the website for links to books, blogs, podcasts, and organizations that can help support you (or your loved ones) with grief.
Visit the Growing with Grief Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/GrowingWithGrief/
Happiness, Hope & Harsh Realities
Creating hopeful and encouraged hearts through the vulnerable stories of life and grief.
Visit the Growing with Grief Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/hopeandharshrealities
Creating hopeful and encouraged hearts through the vulnerable stories of life and grief.
Visit the Growing with Grief Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/hopeandharshrealities
Just Carry On Breathing: Surviving the Suicide of My Beloved Wife Louise
A widower's attempt to come to terms with the loss of his beautiful and much loved wife and an effort to reach out to others
affected by the loss of their partner in such devastating circumstances.
A widower's attempt to come to terms with the loss of his beautiful and much loved wife and an effort to reach out to others
affected by the loss of their partner in such devastating circumstances.
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Lemonade Instead Blog
A lifestyle blog dedicated to remaining positive despite life's lemons written by Amy, a twinless twin, to help those who are struggling with tragedy, mental health, and grief. https://lemonadeinstead.com/ You can find 'Lemonade Instead' on Instagram at @lemonadeinstead and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lemonadeinstead |
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Losing Your Parents
Lisa lost both of her parents to cancer in her 20's and shares how she works through her grief on her blog. Losing your parents does not always
mean by death, it could be anything from illness, divorce, separation, adoption, growing up not knowing who your mother or
father was, or even being cut off from your parents because of your sexuality or life decisions.
You can find 'Losing Your Parents' on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/losingyourparents/
Lisa lost both of her parents to cancer in her 20's and shares how she works through her grief on her blog. Losing your parents does not always
mean by death, it could be anything from illness, divorce, separation, adoption, growing up not knowing who your mother or
father was, or even being cut off from your parents because of your sexuality or life decisions.
You can find 'Losing Your Parents' on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/losingyourparents/
Not The Way I Planned Blog
This blog is about finding hope when you’ve lost so much. It’s about finding your way out of heartbreak, addiction, death, poverty,
depression, anything in your life that makes you think “how did I get here?”
You can find 'Not the Way I Planned' on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/notthewayIplanned/
This blog is about finding hope when you’ve lost so much. It’s about finding your way out of heartbreak, addiction, death, poverty,
depression, anything in your life that makes you think “how did I get here?”
You can find 'Not the Way I Planned' on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/notthewayIplanned/
Refuge In Grief
Fantastic grief blog by Megan Devine, a psychotherapist, writer, and grief advocate.
You can find 'Refuge In Grief' on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/refugeingrief/
Fantastic grief blog by Megan Devine, a psychotherapist, writer, and grief advocate.
You can find 'Refuge In Grief' on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/refugeingrief/
A Shoulder To Lean On
Shoulder to Lean on is an open platform that offers a place for those seeking guidance and support with grieving after the loss of a loved one. It was created as a
safe haven for those going through difficult times and needing a place to express their feelings of grief, sadness, and to be able to share stories of a loved one.
Shoulder to Lean on is an open platform that offers a place for those seeking guidance and support with grieving after the loss of a loved one. It was created as a
safe haven for those going through difficult times and needing a place to express their feelings of grief, sadness, and to be able to share stories of a loved one.
Suicide: Finding Hope
The journey after suicide often feels lonely and confusing. Suicide: Finding Hope provides information about suicide, mental illness, and coping with
suicide loss. You can leave comments on all the pages of the site and comment on what others have said. The hope is that it will be a place to connect
with others who not only want to understand suicide but find hope in the face of loss. It is a resting place you can return to each time you need a boost
or an answer to a question you've been wondering about.
The journey after suicide often feels lonely and confusing. Suicide: Finding Hope provides information about suicide, mental illness, and coping with
suicide loss. You can leave comments on all the pages of the site and comment on what others have said. The hope is that it will be a place to connect
with others who not only want to understand suicide but find hope in the face of loss. It is a resting place you can return to each time you need a boost
or an answer to a question you've been wondering about.
Titipoza Anticipation Grief Coach
Titipoza is a helps anyone who is struggling with the tough conversations around anticipating the end of life. Coach Patty Montoya is here to guide,
empower and coach you through the struggle that arises when you are suffering from anticipatory grief.
Titipoza is a helps anyone who is struggling with the tough conversations around anticipating the end of life. Coach Patty Montoya is here to guide,
empower and coach you through the struggle that arises when you are suffering from anticipatory grief.
What's Your Grief?
What's Your Grief was founded by two young women who have both personal and professional experience dealing with death, grief, and bereavement. Both mental health professionals, they have 10+ years experience working with individuals and families who have recently experienced the death of a close loved one.
You can find 'What's Your Grief?' on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/whatsyourgrief/
What's Your Grief was founded by two young women who have both personal and professional experience dealing with death, grief, and bereavement. Both mental health professionals, they have 10+ years experience working with individuals and families who have recently experienced the death of a close loved one.
You can find 'What's Your Grief?' on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/whatsyourgrief/
When You Lose Someone
Best-selling author and grief mentor Joanne Fink offers hope and healing to those who have lost a loved one,
as well as helpful ideas for those supporting someone who is grieving.
Best-selling author and grief mentor Joanne Fink offers hope and healing to those who have lost a loved one,
as well as helpful ideas for those supporting someone who is grieving.
Widows Voice
Widows Voice is about giving widows a voice to speak, to get out what they are truly feeling inside, to encourage and to uplift.
When a husband dies, most widows are forgotten about.
Widows Voice is about giving widows a voice to speak, to get out what they are truly feeling inside, to encourage and to uplift.
When a husband dies, most widows are forgotten about.
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This site provides links and general grief support information and is not intended to serve as or replace professional counseling, guidance or treatment.
If you are thinking about hurting yourself or someone else, please contact 911 or the suicide hotline at 1-800-273-8255.
For any type of crisis situation you can text CONNECT to 741741 to chat with a Crisis Text Line counselor.
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Updated 26 March 2021
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