Below are the best articles we could find on Death and Dying and grief.
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Behind the statistics are mourners unable to find comfort by coming together.
Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. ~Stephen Levine, “A Year to Live”
So-called Death Cafes are part of a broader “death-positive” movement to encourage more open discussion of grief, trauma and loss.
Much of the work that Ondrea and I do is the work of encouraging the mind to sink into the heart. We explore grief—not just the grief of the loss of a loved one, but the loss of safety, confidence, and trust which accompanies grief.
Bereavement can have both healing and transformative potential, when worked with on a deeper level—especially in the realm of dreams and myth.
Throughout life, we experience many instances of grief. Grief can be caused by situations, relationships, or even substance abuse.
A young mother nears the end of her pregnancy with the hope that this child will be as healthy as her other three children. For some reason, however, she feels a sense that something is wrong.
In The Long Goodbye, her magnificent memoir of grieving her mother’s death, Meghan O’Rourke crafts a masterwork of remembrance and reflection woven of extraordinary emotional intelligence.
"Well, the Buddha taught that we increase our suffering through our attempts to avoid it." - Miriam Greenspan
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When people are pushed into advocacy or social work as a result of a traumatic loss, part of the benefit for those affected is in keeping busy, but it’s also a way to memorialize their loved ones, explained Joanne Cacciatore, an associate research professor at Arizona State University who studies...
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