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Ideas For Healthy Grieving

  • Post author:Lisa Schardein
  • Post published:December 21, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss By Suicide/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Friend/Loss of a Parent/Loss of a Spouse
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First, there are no quick fixes for your grief. Navigating grief takes work. You have to be willing to get out of bed and do a few small things every day.…

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Tips for Bystanders

  • Post author:Lisa Schardein
  • Post published:November 9, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss By Suicide/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Friend/Loss of a Parent/Loss of a Spouse
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Give them a HugMost people who have lost a loved one agree that the most you can do for them is give them a big hug. Of course, you always…

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Navigating The Holidays

  • Post author:Lisa Schardein
  • Post published:November 2, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/Loss By Suicide/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Friend/Loss of a Parent/Loss of a Spouse
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The holidays will never be the same after you lose someone you love. Especially if it was an immediate family member. Many people completely abandon the traditions of the past…

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Run south child…

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:October 19, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/Loss By Suicide/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Friend/Loss of a Parent/Loss of a Spouse
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“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on asummer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the cloudsfloat across the sky,…

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Do I have to go…?

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:October 12, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss By Suicide/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Friend/Loss of a Parent/Loss of a Spouse
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Several months into my grief journey, I felt I needed to look into grief support groups in town. I wasn’t ready to share too much, but I was willing to…

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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:October 5, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss By Suicide
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We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best…

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What’s with the paddles and a lava lamp?

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:September 7, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss By Suicide/Loss of a Spouse
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Several close friends were instrumental in my healing. One person in particular took it upon herself to gently insist that I see a psychiatrist after the loss of my husband.…

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What’s in a monogram?

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:August 31, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss By Suicide/Loss of a Spouse
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Several years before my husband passed away, I took gift items to a sweet little shop to have them monogrammed. One of the owners (I’ll use the name Libby for…

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Stairwell Reveal

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:August 24, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss By Suicide
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My favorite part of my job at the YMCA was meeting new members and hearing their stories.One day I signed up a new member that I will call Shelly. Shelly…

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Out of the Darkness

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:June 17, 2016
  • Post category:Loss By Suicide/Loss of a Spouse
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Tears were flowing down my cheeks as I was riding in the backseat of a car in Charlottesville, Virginia.I was on vacation with my cousins as I once again checked…

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