Articles on Grief

Each of these links will take you to an article that may help you with the healing process.

Coping with Self Grief
Suddenly you are faced with the loss of someone you love. The mourning process has begun and while it may be painful, it is an important part of healing. Mourning is the process by which you express the thoughts and feelings regarding the death of the person who died.

• Helping Yourself Heal When Your Child Dies
• Helping Yourself Heal When Your Spouse Dies
• Helping Yourself Heal When a Parent Dies
• Helping Yourself When a Baby Dies
• Helping Yourself Heal During the Holiday Season
• Helping Dispel 5 Common Myths About Grief
• Helping Yourself Live When You Are Seriously Ill
• Helping Yourself Live When You Are Dying
• Exploring the Uniqueness of Your Suicide Grief
• Healing Your Traumatized Heart: Seeking Safety, Understanding, and Peace Part 1
• Healing Your Traumatized Heart: Seeking Safety, Understanding, and Peace Part 2
• Healing Your Grieving Body: Physical Practices for Mourners
• The Spiritual Path to Healing: An Introduction
• The Spiritual Path to Healing: Mourning Ideas, Part 1
• The Spiritual Path to Healing: Mourning Ideas, Part 2
• The Spiritual Path to Healing: Mourning Ideas, Part 3
• The Spiritual Path to Healing: Mourning Ideas, Part 4
• Dispelling the Misconceptions About Suicide and Grief and Mourning

How We Help Friends Coping with Grief

• Helping a Friend in Grief
• Helping a Man Who is Grieving
• Helping a Friend Who is Dying
• Helping a Friend Who is Seriously Ill
• Helping a Suicide Survivor Heal
• Helping a Homicide Survivor Heal
• Helping a Grandparent Who Is Grieving
• Helping a Grieving Friend in the Workplace
• Helping AIDS Survivors Heal
• Helping SIDS Survivors Heal
• Helping Your Family When a Member is Dying
• Helping Your Family When a Member is Seriously Ill 
• Helping Your Family Cope When a Pet Dies
• Helping Your Family Decide if Organ and Tissue Donation is Right for You

Children and Teenagers Grieve Too

• Helping Children Cope with Grief
• Helping Teenagers Cope with Grief
• Helping Infants and Toddlers When Someone They Love Dies
• Helping Children with Funerals
• Helping Children Understand Cremation
• Helping a Child Who is Seriously Ill
• Helping a Child Who is Dying
• Helping Grieving Children at School
• Helping Bereaved Siblings Heal

Topics Related to Funerals, Memorials, and Cremation
The articles listed below give advice on the importance of rituals surrounding death. 

• Helping Your Family Personalize the Funeral
• Helping Create a Meaningful Eulogy
• Ten Freedoms for Creating a Meaningful Funeral
• Why is the Funeral Ritual Important?

Help For Caregivers

• Companioning the Bereaved: An Introduction 
• Tenet 1: Companioning Principle
• Tenet 2: Companioning Principle
• The Awesome Power of "Telling The Story": Why I'm Proud to be a Grief Counselor
• Caregiver as Gardener: A Parable
• Companioning vs. Treating: Beyond The Medical Model of Bereavement Caregiving
• Growing Through Grief: The Role of Support Groups
• Responding to Problems in the Support Group Setting
• The Bereavement Caregiver's Self-Care Guidelines