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One From the Heart: After Losing a Child, Keep Happy Memories Alive

22.04.2025 30

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The Phone Call That Changed My Life Forever

The Phone Call That Changed My Life Forever
17.04.2025 20

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The Return of Joy After Loss

The Return of Joy After Loss
09.04.2025 30

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One More Full Day of Worrying

03.04.2025 30

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The Twelve Steps of Grief

20.03.2025 7

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How Love Blinds You to Mental Illness

11.03.2025 10

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Whys, What Ifs, and Other Futile Questions

03.03.2025 5

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Say Hello to My Sad Little Friends

25.02.2025 10

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The People in Your Heart Will Make You Cry

18.02.2025 8

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The Son Also Rises

11.02.2025 10

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How to Connect With Loved Ones After They Die

03.02.2025 9

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You Are Me

27.01.2025 10

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Being and Nothingness: How I Overcame My Death Anxiety

21.01.2025 10

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Our Grief Fits Us Like a Glove

14.01.2025 10

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Finding Your People When Grieving

Personal Perspective: The extraordinary benefits of joining a grief group.

06.01.2025 10

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The Year of Magical EMDR Thinking

Personal Perspective: EMDR either rewired my emotions or it was nonsense.

03.01.2025 4

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The Soul Knows When It's Time to Go

Personal Perspective: Reflections on suicide and other torturous thoughts.

18.12.2024 7

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Playing in the Jungian Sand

Personal Perspective: My psychiatrist really knew how to make grief therapy fun.

05.12.2024 4

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Forever Trying to Rescue You

Personal Perspective: A father's letter to his son after his suicide.

19.11.2024 3

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Hiding Our Grief Behind a Mask

Personal Perspective: In grief, it's often easier to wear a mask of normalcy.

12.11.2024 3

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Grieving the Death of a Child Diminishes With Time

At some point, the pain of a child's death is no longer a constant companion.

06.11.2024 2

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Detaching With Love Is Easier Said Than Done

Personal Perspective: It was always about my heart with my son, my foolish heart.

31.10.2024 10

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The Savage God: Notes on the Suicide of a Friend

Personal Perspective: Sometimes death makes a kind of heartbreaking sense.

28.10.2024 4

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A Day in the Life...After Your Child’s Life Ends

When your child has died, a part of you has, too.

24.10.2024 4

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How Psychedelics Helped Heal My Broken Heart

Personal Perspective: I hit the jackpot when I met the spirit of my dead son. 

17.10.2024 2

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The Terrible Truth About Love

A Personal Perspective: I always thought love would be enough until it wasn’t.

15.10.2024 5

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Until Now, There's Been No Word for Parents Who've Lost a Child

When your child is taken from you, you are no longer ordinary parents.

12.10.2024 4

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When Your Child Dies, You Are the Sum of Your Parts

Juggling complex and paradoxical feelings is part of the grieving process.

08.10.2024 8

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