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Book Review: 3 Children's Books


​When we ourselves are grieving, it's hard to talk with children about death. Children may overhear adults describe their new feelings of grief, and those same feelings can be overwhelming or confusing for them. Children's books are a good way to introduce various aspects of loss. Sometimes, to provide a less threatening context, they may substitute animals for human beings.   
 
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May 18 2016

Categories: Grief and Loss About Grief Reading 


​A Child's View: Color and Wonder


When you lose someone you love it can truly feel like a part of you died with them. Sometimes it is hard to calm your mind. Often you just keep thinking and thinking about why things have to be this way. That thinking can make it hard to listen to your teacher in school and make it especially hard to fall asleep at night. This is the time to play and rest and just "be," while your mind heals and adjusts to the changes in your life. But it is not easy to find ways to do that, especially in the early days of your loss. Guess what? There is an activity that you may have done when you were much younger, and it can really help. It is a simple, cheap activity that you can do anywhere, anytime. It is coloring


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May 18 2016

Categories: Grief and Loss About Grief 


Grief in the Workplace: Lessons from Employees


According to statistics at any given time, twenty-five percent of the workforce is grieving a loss. If you are returning to work after the death of a loved one, you will quickly realize that 2 to 3 days of bereavement leave only allows time to attend to the practical matters of the death.  Grief remains and often impacts work performance.  From distraction to absenteeism to errors to incomplete assignments, work performance is affected.
 
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March 30 2016

Categories: Grief and Loss 


Loneliness and Grief


There is a difference between loneliness and solitude. Solitude is a choice and typically, loneliness is not. If your partner/spouse dies, you are alone and it was not a choice. You may have spent 5, 10, or 20 plus years with someone and when they are gone from sight, you are alone. You are alone when you want to share a comment about something on the news or in an article you are reading. You are alone in the kitchen, alone watching TV and alone in bed.
 
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February 25 2016

Categories: Grief and Loss Diane Snyder-Cowan 


Coping with Grief and Loss After a Suicide


Grief following a suicide is intense and prolonged. Suicide is a traumatic loss. It is sudden, unexpected and frequently violent. Reactions may be intense and different from anything else you have ever experienced and that can be frightening. 


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February 18 2016

Categories: Grief and Loss Diane Snyder-Cowan 

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