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Coloring Your Grief: Coloring to Soothe the Soul and Mend the Heart


In the past few years coloring has become a very popular trend for adults. It can help individuals focus and increase mindfulness. Coloring can also help with decreasing stress and promoting calmness. It incorporates a childhood activity with adult creativity.


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November 09 2017

Categories: About Grief Tensie Holland LSW, CT Reading 


The Handbook for Companioning the Mourner: Eleven Essential Principles


In his book, The Handbook for Companioning the Mourner: Eleven Essential Principles, Alan Wolfelt, raises the question, “just imagine how profoundly the world would change if all those who mourn life’s losses-everyone-were companioned through their grief journeys.”


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August 29 2017

Categories: Grief and Loss About Grief Reading Diana Battles LISW, ACHP-SW 


Pregnancy Loss


​As soon as couples find out they’re pregnant, a relationship forms with the unborn child. Pregnant moms are drawn to the windows of maternity shops. Prospective parents pick up little footballs, tiaras and tea sets. Outfits and car seats are carefully selected for the ride home from the hospital. But, all those loving conversations between partners can come to an abrupt halt.


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August 29 2017

Categories: Grief and Loss About Grief Diane Snyder-Cowan 


Grief is Messy


I was never insane, except when my heart was touched.” Those words from Edgar Allen Poe may resonate with you now more than ever. In the deep recesses of grief, you may find yourself asking so many questions:


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August 28 2017

Categories: Grief and Loss About Grief Judy Beckman, MA, LSW, CT 


Facing Death:Teens and Grief


​When tragedy strikes the world of a young person, the resulting feelings, images and thoughts can be overwhelming. Adolescence includes many losses as teens grow out of childhood and into adulthood.

The following concerns can be experienced by teens struggling with the death of a loved one.


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August 16 2017

Categories: Grief and Loss About Grief Diane Snyder-Cowan 

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