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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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An Introduction to the Death or Loss of a Parent

For most of us, our parents serve as elements of safety and stability, a constant amidst the flux of everyday life. When they die, we lose a tangible piece of that security, which can leave us feeling extremely off balance—even if we knew it was coming due to a long-term illness or extreme old age.

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2022
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Grieving the Death of a Parent You Were Estranged From

This is what it looks like when you grieve the death of an estranged parent. It’s this surreal thing, where everyone expects you to feel something—yet you don’t. For me, it didn’t feel like I lost a parent, or a loved one, or even a close friend. It felt like I’d lost what could have been.

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Clint Edwards
2019
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The Emotion Missing From the Workplace

Sadness is a central part of our lives, yet it’s typically ignored at work, hurting employees and managers alike.

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Susan Cain
2022
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Feeling Weighed Down by Regret? What Helps Me Let Go

If we can process our regrets with tenderness and compassion, we can use these hard memories as a part of our wisdom bank.

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Nancy Candea
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How Spirituality Affects Mental Health

Understanding the difference between a spiritual crisis and a mental illness is important to get to the root of the problem.

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Dan Brennan
2021
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When Spiritual Crises Show Up in the Mental Health System

Spiritual “emergencies” require understanding from mental health professionals.

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Robert T. Muller
2022
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An Introduction to Naturopathy and Functional Medicine

Naturopathic Medicine and Functional Medicine have many similarities as well as many differences. Both systems focus on an individualized, patient-centered approach, identify and address underlying causes of disease and symptoms, and use targeted therapeutic interventions.

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Carl Hangee-Bauer, ND, LAc
2022
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An Introduction to the Death-Positive Movement

In most modern cultures, it’s common for people to feel uneasy about death. We express this discomfort by avoiding conversations on the topic and lowering our voices when speaking of the dead and dying.

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2022
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A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit

Studies of dying patients who seek a hastened death have shown that their reasons often go beyond physical ones like intractable pain or emotional ones like feeling hopeless.

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Jane E. Brody
2008
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Terminal Options for the Irreversibly Ill

My Feb. 5 column, “A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit,” prompted a deluge of information and requests for information on how people too sick to reap meaningful pleasure from life might be able to control their death.

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Jane E. Brody
2008
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