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Drawing on Experience

Dr. Sandra Graves leads you through an experiencial exercise that helps you understand the function of the emotions that accompany grief.  By understanding that these emotions have a purpose, ...
By Sandra Graves, PhD, ATR
In Understanding Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

Single Bells

Sister Mauryeen O'Brien, grief specialist, shares some coping strategies for single parents as they face the holiday season. She provides simple ideas for keeping the holidays simple. by Maur...
By Mauryeen O’Brien
In Coping During Holidays
Monday, November 9, 2015

Consider the Lilly

Andy Landis explains how two sisters let God use their pain to reach out to others, “Sometimes when our hearts are hurting, God speaks to us when we cannot utter a word…” reads the back of the CD c...
By Andy Landis
In Faith
Monday, November 9, 2015

Fifty Life Lessons

To celebrate growing older, Regina Brett once wrote the 50 lessons life taught her. by Regina Brett To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 50 lessons life taught me. 1. Life isn't fair, bu...
By Regina Brett
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

Tending to Business Details After a Loss

Are you grieving the loss of a person you love? If so, one thing you definitely do not need is a bunch of business changes to accomplish. Virtually every widow and widower tell me how exhausted emo...
By Jessie Flynn
In Handling Practical Matters
Monday, November 9, 2015

Magnolias

Sometimes in our grief, the sources of comfort come from the most unsuspected places. This is an absolutely beautiful story of love, a wedding, and how a wedding fiasco provided just the healing ne...
By Edna Ellison
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

A Flight to Remember

Don Ray Smith opens our hearts to the understanding that is gained in having pets, loving them and eventually learning about death when a pet dies. Through his sensitive and personal story, he ackn...
By Don Ray Smith
In Pet Loss
Monday, November 9, 2015
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