Grief and Loss Support

Featured Grief and Loss Support

Five Stages of Preparing for Death - Preparing for a death can be terrifying if you have no idea what to expect, both physically and emotionally.

A Remembrance and Comfort Bouquet -   By Brenda Hyde A very touching Remembrance and Comfort Bouquet can be made from herbs and flowers to express our feelings of loss. It can also serve as a gift of comfort for someone who may have suffered a miscarriage, loss of a baby, a parent or other loved one. You will need: Thyme ...

Grieving Takes Many Forms -   By Mary Emma Allen Attending a weekend workshop on grief helped me deal with death and losses in my family over the ensuing years. It enabled me to understand that grief takes many forms and may not occur only with a death. Also, each person is affected differently by ...

Remembering A Loved One Brings Sunlight -   Alice J. Wisler Children identify us. When we are with a group of adults who know we have children, and have yet to meet them, the question is raised: "How many children do you have?" It is answered with a number. "Two." "Five." Then if the person asking is curious ...

Coping with Tragedy, Loss, and Grief -   By Dan Johnston, PH.D We live life as whole persons, but we experience and process it at the Four Levels of Mind, Emotion, Body, and Spirit. * At the level of the mind we try to understand the events of our lives. We attempt to make sense of things.

Rituals to Help Us Through Grief -   By Mary Emma Allen I once thought attending a funeral was hypocritical and that we should care for the person while alive rather than making a fuss after death. Then I encountered death in my family. When my father died, I realized how much the funeral and other rituals ...