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What I Wish Other People Understood About Losing a Child

By Paula Stephens — 2020

Four and a half years after the death of my oldest son, I finally went to a grief support group for parents who have lost children.

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Relational Literacy 101

Think of some of the greatest joys in your life, and also some of your deepest sorrows and frustrations. Chances are, they all have to do with relationships. - Melanie Joy

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Melanie Joy
2020
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How to Survive an Avalanche of Sorrow

The author of Discovering Your Soul Signature shares his unexpected take on one of life’s hardest emotions—and how to get back to joy again.

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Panache Desai
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When Sorrow Attacks: Three Conscious Ways to Face Your Pain

Courageously facing your pain can be terrifying. However, when you allow your past and present sorrows to flow through you, pain releases its grip. You’re then free to walk away with greater awareness, love, and gratitude for the lessons that came from your experience.

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Panache Desai
2015
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When Sadness Rages Like Fire

Throughout his profound spiritual awakening, the great Tibetan yogi Shabkar experienced immense loss resulting in grief marked by raw pain, a sense of disorientation, sadness, and tears.

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Pema Khandro
2020
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Through a Glass Darkly: Miriam Greenspan on Moving from Grief to Gratitude

"Well, the Buddha taught that we increase our suffering through our attempts to avoid it." - Miriam Greenspan

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Barbara Platek, Miriam Greenspan
2008
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How to Cope with Anticipatory Grief at Work

Instead of the routine, "Your mother’s fine; we’re calling to inform you about…” this time the nurse said, “Your mother has stopped eating. - Sabina Nawaz

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Sabina Nawaz
2019
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Dear Therapist Writes to Herself in Her Grief

In the months before my father died, I asked him a version of that question: How will I live without you?

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Lori Gottlieb
2020
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The Death of a Parent Affects Even Grown Children Psychologically and Physically

Losing a parent is among the most emotionally difficult and universal of human experiences. Most people will experience the loss of their mother or father in their lifetime.

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Joshua A. Krisch
2021
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Grieving a Parent’s Death at a Young Age: A Loss That Lingers

Readers discuss how losing a parent changed their lives and continues to affect them.

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Sandra Allik
2019
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My Mother Died When I Was 7. I’m Grieving 37 Years Later.

Delayed grief is sometimes triggered by an event later in life, experts say.

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Nicole Johnson
2021
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