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What Does Better Mean? Neil Davis

In 2017, pop singer-songwriter Neil Davis, was about to release his second album when his father died suddenly of cardiac arrest. In that mo...

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Young Children & Grief - Mary Plouffe, Ph.D.

Mary Plouffe, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who had a professional sense of how children understand death. This sense became more persona...

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A Cinematic Love Story - John & Melissa

John and Melissa met back in the 90’s and dated for a few years before getting married. For John, this was a relationship like none other. M...

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Marie & Jonathan - When the Love Of Your Life Dies Of An Overdose

In the summer of 2016, Marie and Jonathan were newly married and living in Brooklyn, NYC. One day in August, Marie flew back from a trip, ex...

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Mindful Photography & Grief - Dr. Jessica Thomas, PhD, LMFT

There’s nothing like grief to take us completely out of the moment. We get pulled into the past where we try to remember everything we can w...

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Motherless Daughters, 25 Years Later - Hope Edelman & Brennan Wood

In 1994, The Dougy Center had been around for just over a decade. It was also the year Hope Edelman published her groundbreaking book, Mothe...

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What Does Forgiveness Feel Like?

Judith Finneren's husband Ralph, or Ralphie as she liked to call him, was hit and killed while riding his bike in the summer of 2011. Even w...

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Remembrance Wardrobe - Nicole Leslie

Sweaters, shoes, a favorite coffee mug, the pen always angled a certain way - items, big and small, create the landscapes left behind when s...

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Grief & Anxiety - Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC

When someone dies, many of us expect to cry and feel frustrated, but we aren’t as prepared for intense fear and worry. Anxiety can catch us ...

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Appetizers, Grief, Dessert - The Dinner Party

When someone dies, many of the people left behind seek out formal sources of help like a therapist or traditional support group. What happen...

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Grief & Work - Alica Forneret

The list of things that are hard to do when you’re grieving is long - eating, sleeping, focusing, surface-level chit-chat, remembering where...

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Staying Connected In Grief

We hear about how powerful and important it can be to keep memories and connection alive with the people we are grieving, but how do we actu...

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Staying Connected In Grief - Allison Gilbert

We hear about how powerful and important it can be to keep memories and connection alive with the people we are grieving, but how do we actu...

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The Power of Storytelling

When someone is grieving, having the opportunity to tell their story is vital. StoryCorps recently launched a new project in partnership wit...

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Grief, Seven Decades Later

What is it like to grieve for a father you know only from stories and photos? In August of 2018, Joy Wallace traveled to Tinian Island to se...

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