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Grieving Children, Teens Have All the Feelings

Posted on June 13, 2022 - by Greg Adams

Grieving People Have All the Feelings Sometimes a death impacts a school or community organization, like a church or Boy Scout troop. A child or teacher dies, and I am […]

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Getting Through my First Father’s Day Without Dad

Posted on June 13, 2022 - by Brooke Carlock

‘You No Longer Have a Dad’ I never did much for my dad on Father’s Day.  We didn’t have any particular traditions to mark the occasion.  It was the same […]

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All of Us Grieve After Mass Shootings

Posted on June 13, 2022 - by Samantha Ruth

Every single day, I’m seeing news of another mass shooting. It’s not okay. And more than expressing our concern about gun laws, we need to have the conversations about grief. All […]

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Can We be Free of Pain?

Posted on June 1, 2022 - by Bernie Siegel

At workshops, I frequently ask people if they would like to be free of pain, emotional and physical. If they say yes, I ask them to take my phone number […]

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The Difference Between Healing and Curing

Posted on June 1, 2022 - by Kelly Grosklags

There is a difference between healing and curing. We cannot change a diagnosis or a loss that has occurred. We cannot be sure that we will be cured. But we […]

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Messages From My Deceased Wife

Posted on June 1, 2022 - by Bernie Siegel

I cannot deny since my wife died, a little over two years ago, my experiences have been incredible. The first experience was a call from a former patient and mystic […]

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Change, the Unwanted Gift

Posted on June 1, 2022 - by Bernie Siegel

My wife died 10 days before I wrote these words. What I know I have lost is her physical body, and it makes me feel emptier than I have ever […]

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Finding Your Inner Grief Guide

Posted on June 1, 2022 - by Bernie Siegel

Finding My Inner Grief Guide Many years ago, I attended a workshop to enhance my ability to empower my cancer patients to recover. We were taught about imagery and asked […]

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My New Girlfriends: Pets and Grieving

Posted on June 1, 2022 - by Bernie Siegel

I can’t help but reflect on how caring and wise my family’s animals are. My wife died a little over two years ago, and I have remained at home with […]

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Memory of a Death

Posted on May 31, 2022 - by Mary-Frances O'Connor

Memory of a Death When a loved one has died, we have a memory of learning that they died. This memory of a death might be of the phone call […]

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