Bill Cushnie, M.Div., & retired president & owner of Strategic Solutions, a group dynamics/adult education consulting firm.
Patti Cox, Bereavement counselor and children, teen and adult grief support group facilitator.
Jill Fitzgerald, LCSW, private grief therapist and founding board member for Comfort Zone Camp.
Alisha Krukowski, National Program Coordinator for Comfort Zone Camp.
Pete Shrock, National Program Director for Comfort Zone Camp, specializes in children with life traumas.
As we close out the first month of this new year, we may have trouble seeing the promise it brings, since our loved one is no longer here with us. Guest Author Tricia Sample shares her unique perspective on ways we can carry our loved ones with us in the new year, and look forward to many happy years ahead.
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Have you ever wanted to start journaling, but felt you wouldn’t be any good at it? Or maybe you’ve felt that writing just isn’t your thing? Guest author Maureen Hunter shares some easy ways to get started, even if you’ve never tried to journal before.
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Under normal circumstances, preparing for any holiday can be stressful as well as tiring. After a loss, our grief may be so painful that we question whether to celebrate the holidays at all. Guest author Dave Roberts offers some helpful suggestions for making the holidays a peaceful time again for you and your family.
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One of the worst feelings I felt after my dad’s death, was the one I got when people didn’t understand why I was still upset. People believed that I should have gotten over his death a week or two after he was gone. All I could do was try and be strong. I bottled up my emotions. I didn’t talk, and if I didn’t pretend to be happy, I would have broken down.
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When guest author Jan Groft’s attended the funeral of her sister Dolores, she noted that Dolores’ lipstick was not applied correctly. Jan tells us that this is how we cope. We grasp for the tangible, the physical, a place to park our grief, if only temporarily, a safe and familiar rest stop.
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As many grieving people know, keeping a loved one’s memory alive after they die can be a difficult task. Guest author Colleen Wilson shares some interesting ways that she feels her mother’s presence in her life now.
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Guest author Emily Sullivan’s dad died when she was very young, so she has few memories of him. But in many ways, she has found that we are all extensions of the people that we have lost. Using her dad’s old camera, Emily experiences a new type of connection with the unique man he was.
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During and after her mother’s battle with cancer, guest author Meghan O’Rourke found that society’s picture of grief did not fit her own experience. She shares what she learned, and what she still hopes to learn by delving into her own personal feelings of loss.
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Father’s Day can be a rough holiday when you feel like you are the only one without a dad. HelloGrief offers a few suggestions on how to create your own new traditions to remember and celebrate your dad on Father’s Day.
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Before we decide where we’re going, we have to understand and accept where we are. Author Bill Cushnie poses the questions: How we navigate our way during our journey? How do we reevaluate and set our new courses? What can we learn from where we are now?
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