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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.…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…