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Coping with Change and Adjustment After Loss

Let me start out by saying, grief is complicated. Adjusting to a primary loss is difficult enough without factoring in the demands of adjusting to subsequent loss and transition. This is … See more

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About What's Your Grief

WebGrief is an emotional, logistical, and existential nightmare. It requires us to navigate life without someone important, deal with overwhelming thoughts and feelings, and find ways …

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Podcast Episode: Grief Expectations

WebThe What's Your Grief Podcast: grief support for those who like to listen. In this grief podcast, Eleanor Haley, MS and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C, the mental …

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What is Negative Copingn in Grief

WebNegative coping encompasses any type of behavior employed as a quick fix to regularly avoid painful emotions or situations. These are temporary distractions that …

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What is Grief Counseling: The Nuts and Bolts

WebSome of the reasons people seek counseling after a loss include: Needing help sorting through their experiences. Wanting someone they can talk to who won't …

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The 64 Hardest Lessons That Grief Taught Me

WebGrief is seen as embarrassing and weak. So few people understand that time, gentleness, and kindness, are the things that should be offered to the bereaved. …

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Taking Care of Your Mental Health During Coronavirus

WebTake care of your body. Take deep breaths, stretch, or meditate. Try to eat healthy, well-balanced meals, exercise regularly, get plenty of sleep, and avoid alcohol …

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Giving Back In Grief

WebAlthough you feel emotionally fragile and overwhelmed by the work, you know the research says volunteering helps your physical and emotional well being. You …

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Supporting Grieving Families: tips for RNs and others on …

WebPrepare them for what to expect. Offer ‘memory making’ options, if that is a practice in your hospital . Things like hairlocks, thumb prints, or hand prints can be a …

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Embracing the Strength of Weak Ties

WebEmbracing these soft connections has been found to buffer against stress and loneliness and is linked to improved cognitive functioning and reduced mortality risk. …

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WYG Hub for Grief Learning and Connection

WebThe What’s Your Grief Hub for Learning and Connection is a place that offers the grief education and creative coping that are the cornerstones of WYG but with more …

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Absent Grief: Why Am I Not Grieving Like I Expected To

WebThe APA Dictionary of Psychology defines 'absent grief' as: "A form of complicated grief in which a person shows no, or only a few, signs of distress about the …

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Cool Crafts for Coping: Coping Skills Fortune-Teller

WebStep Three: Open the paper back up again. Your folds should have divided the paper into four squares. Step Four: Now, fold the corner of each square into the …

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We Don't Recover From Grief, and that's Okay

WebThis isn’t to say that “recovery” doesn't have a place in grief – it’s simply ‘what’ we’re recovering from that needs to be redefined. To "recover" means to return to a …

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Therapist Credentials: What do all those letters mean

WebBasically, those letters are just identifiers to let you know what kind of education, license, and certifications a therapist has. This is one factor you may choose …

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What Happened to Best Friends Forever

WebPeople sometimes struggle to accept when a grieving friend doesn't quickly return to "normal." Grieving people sometimes feel they've outgrown or drifted away from …

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64 Quotes About Grief, Coping and Life After Loss

WebEndings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle and a very happy start." ~ Shel Silverstein. "Should you shield the valleys from the windstorms, you …

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I Don't Know Who I Am Anymore: Grief and Loss of Identity

WebIdentity is a funny thing. The way we think of ourselves, how we define ourselves, the story we tell ourselves about who we are, all of that comes together to …

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Grieving the Death of a Grandparent

WebAlthough your grief will ultimately be unique to you and to the relationship you had with your grandparent, in the following article we will discuss a few of challenges …

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