Every Day I Bless You: Reflections on the Healing Power of Shiva | Featured Books
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Norman J. Fried’s book, Every Day I Bless You: Reflections on the Healing Power of Shiva, is available on Amazon.
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The Angel Letters
By Norman Fried Publish Date: December 01, 2006
Formats: hardcover
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Working in the children's cancer unit of a New York hospital for fifteen years, Norman Fried has been psychotherapist and counselor to … More
Every Day I Bless You
By Norman Fried Publish Date: May 02, 2012
Formats: hardcover
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Though the days of Shiva are seven, containing a distinct beginning and a certain end, the days of our mourning continue on … More
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The Angel Letters: Lessons That Dying Can Teach us About Living | Featured Books
Norman Fried’s book, The Angel Letters: Lessons That Dying Can Teach us About Living, can be purchased at amazon.com.
Mother’s Death Means ‘Losing Our World’ | Post
As Mother’s Day approaches, we find ourselves thinking about the relationship that started it all, and about our need to honor the woman who helped to make the world a better place. Indeed, perhaps the greatest partnership of all, and … Continue reading
What is the Meaning of Hope? | Post
What is the meaning of hope, and how can it help us through the days and nights of our despair? For many, hope is a quality that imbues us with grace in the face of adversity. It is an internal … Continue reading
What is the Role of Anger in Grief? | Post
What can be said about the meaning of anger; and what role does anger play in our eventual recovery from grief? We know that, as humans, we are capable of experiencing a full range of feelings, and that each of … Continue reading
Alleged Killings by U.S. Soldier Remind Us of War’s Psychological Toll | Post
By Dr. Norman Fried – The headlines of many U.S. newspapers this week report that five Americans are dead after a U.S. soldier opened fire at a U.S. base on Camp Liberty in Baghdad, where soldiers were receiving psychological treatment … Continue reading
How Do You Honor Deceased Colleague? | Post
Michele writes in: At our company, the executive secretary to the President, who was only in her early 30s, died last year suddenly one afternoon. She had been with the company for 12 years. She was like family to many … Continue reading
When a Child is Dying, What Do Classmates Need to Know? | Post
By Norman Fried — Children with chronic illnesses are often absent from school due to medical treatments and their attendant side effects. Frequent hospitalizations, chemotherapy, outpatient doctor visits and general malaise and fatigue have all interfered with the child’s ability … Continue reading
Publicizing End of Life: Has Reality TV Gone Too Far? | Post
By Norman Fried – A?media star who first became famous for her role as a?crude talking, hard drinking? member of the 2002 reality television show “Big Brother,” has announced in The News of the World that she is dying of … Continue reading
Friends Keep Pushing to “Get Over” the Loss | Post
From Mary: We lost our most precious son Nov 14, 2006. He was 27, a firefighter, preparing for his wedding, had just bought a house on five acres, was so enjoying his life. He lived with us till a year … Continue reading
Reflections on a Suicide on the Internet | Post
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A Death on “Black Friday”: What is Our Moral Imperative? | Post
By Norman Fried – On November 28, a Wal-Mart store clerk in Valley Stream, New York, was killed after throngs of Black Friday shoppers broke down the front doors and trampled over him as they rushed in, searching for post-Thanksgiving … Continue reading
The Choice to End Treatment: Whose Decision is It? | Post
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Memory as Medicine: How One Heals After a Trauma | Post
By Norman Fried – A research study from a group of Chinese scientists reports a new drug that successfully erases memories from the minds of mice. The study reveals a molecular genetic paradigm through which a given memory, such as … Continue reading
The Poetry of Death: Can It Comfort Us? | Post
By Norman Fried – Modern poetry has often found a critical muse in the concept of death. In words apocryphal or mundane, spiritual or skeptical, modern poets have used their art as a means to describe their terse and terminal … Continue reading
How Families Survive Trauma and Loss | Post
By Norman Fried – What are the lessons that trauma, loss and recovery can teach us about family relationships? And what are the changes that occur in families that have to endure tragedy and loss? We know that trauma and … Continue reading
Survivors of 9/11: Rediscovering the Heroes Inside | Post
By Norman Fried In her front page article in Wednesday’s New York Times, Anemona Hartocollis reports on the current lives of some of the survivors of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. “Maimed on 9/11, and Trying … Continue reading
9/11 and the ‘Shelf Life’ of Grief | Post
By Norman Fried It is a widely accepted belief that, as time passes, mourners’ responses to loss and trauma change. We understand that the physical reactions of grief, including psychomotor retardation, disorientation, fatigue, and panic seem to lessen. We know … Continue reading
The Story Of Gana: What Animals Teach About Grief | Post
By Norman Fried Last week, the internet and newspapers across Europe and America posted pictures of an 11-year-old gorilla named Gana clutching the corpse of her 3-month-old baby Claudio for days before surrendering his lifeless body to zookeepers. As Gana … Continue reading
The Lessons of Father’s Day | Post
Norman Fried – June 16th, 2007 In the weeks and months after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, many New York newspapers published intimate articles about men who lost their lives on that fateful day. In … Continue reading