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Joanne Cacciatore on Bereavement Work and Traumatic Loss: On the Future of Mental Health

By Eric R. Maisel — 2016

Part of being human means that we do experience the natural ebb and flow of life. This brings sadness and joy, despair and happiness, pain and beauty, loss and love. These aspects of the human experience are normal.

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The Geography of Sorrow

"But now we’re asked — and sometimes forced — to carry grief as a solitary burden. And the psyche knows we are not capable of handling grief in isolation." - Francis Weller

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Tim McKee, Francis Weller
2015
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Dealing with Grief: Five Things Not to Say and Five Things to Say in a Trauma Involving Children

Religion can help many of us move past grief and make sense of tragedy. But according to Reverend Emily C. Heath, religion can often come off as trite rather than insightful.

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Rev. Emily C. Heath
2013
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Grieving the Loss of a Child: The Five Stage Myth

Numbness, not denial, is often a parent's first feeling.

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Robert T. Muller
2015
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A Move for Birth Certificates for Stillborn Babies

Nineteen states have enacted laws allowing certificates of birth resulting in stillbirth.

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Tamar Lewin
2007
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Mom Writes Moving Love Letter to Fearless Lesbian Daughter Who Died Two Years Ago

Alyssa Sialaris was a stand-out athlete at Whittier College and is one of the eight covers of Jeff Sheng’s FEARLESS book. Two years after her untimely death, her mother writes the letter she wishes her daughter could have seen while she was with us.

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Cyd Zeigler
2015
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‘Losing Max Was Burden Enough’

In the midst of family tragedy, a father decides that the best path is candor.

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Ivan Maisel
2021
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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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Here’s What Losing My Child Taught Me About Unbearable Pain

Elaine Pagels and her husband, Heinz, are dealing with unimaginable loss: the death of their young son Mark, due to a diagnosis an incredibly rare, and fatal disease: pulmonary hypertension.

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Elaine Pagels
2018
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We Lost Our Son to Suicide. Here’s How We Survived.

I tried many of the supports available to help parents heal, like therapy, support groups, exercise and finding a way to honor our son’s memory.

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Julie Halpert
2020
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How to Move On: What It Really Means to Let Go

When we have a deep emotional attachment to an event or circumstance in our life and we’re being asked to let it go, it can often feel like we’re being asked to move on and forget about the past, person, or event that we’re deeply connected to.

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Paula Stephens
2020
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