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Author Bill Cushnie shares his take on the different spiritual dimensions in the ways we respond to the death of someone we love, whether we consider ourselves religious or not.
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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.
Topic: Sibling Loss
Not All Losses Are The Same
The death of someone we love is always difficult. The circumstances surrounding the loss however are seldom the same. Author Bill Cushnie explores the differences between anticipated and sudden loss, the loss of a young or older loved one, and stigmatized loss.
Read More...Poetry as a Healing Power in Grief
Author Bill Cushnie talks about the healing power of poetry in the grief process, and share excerpts from some of his favorite grief and healing related poems.
Read More...How Did GRIEF Get an Expiration Date?
Author Lynne Hughes dispels the myth that grief has a 6-12 month expiration date. She talks about how it’s important and healthy to allow yourself (and/or the grieving people in your lives) the opportunity to grieve years later.
Read More...Finding a Balance: Self Care Quiz
Grievers often spend a lot of time taking care of the “business” of grief, and adjusting to the new responsibilities that follow, and overlook taking care of themselves. Author Patti Cox provides a self care quiz for you to see how well you are doing at finding balance in your life after loss.
Read More...Grief Unrecognized: Loss of a Sibling
So often the death of a sibling is dismissed, unrecognized or even ignored. Author Jill Fitzgerald talks about how our siblings are one of the longest lasting relationships we will ever have. An important relationship and will forever be.
Read More...Tainted by Grief?…
Guest writer Diana Doyle lost her sister, mother, and daughter within three years of each other. While at a grocery store, watching her 7 year old daughter in the card aisle, Diana begins to wonder how loss has impacted her and her daughter.
Read More...Families with a Missing Piece
Jeffrey Zaslow writes about the lifelong impact of childhood bereavement for the Wall Street Journal, including an interview with Hello Grief author, and Comfort Zone Camp founder, Lynne Hughes.
Read More...Delayed Grief
Sometimes after a significant loss, we are so busy taking care of others or surviving day-to-day, that we don’t allow ourselves to grieve. Author Bill Cushnie talks about when grief finally catches up to us in what some call “delayed grief.”
Read More...Childhood Loss: The Untold Burden
One in seven children will lose a parent or sibling before age 20 according to new national research conducted by Comfort Zone Camp. Founder and author, Lynne Hughes discusses the lifelong impact of childhood bereavement.
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