Coping With Death

Seeing The Dead

Rev. Peter Baldwin Panagore | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Grief, Death and Dying, Greiving, Faith, Afterlife, Heaven, Loss and Grief, Dealing With Grief, Coping With Death, Christianity, Death & Dying, Religion News
Rev. Peter Baldwin Panagore

Over the years as a community pastor, like most pastors, I attended to death, funerals and grieving in my town. Over the years, many times, the grieving would pull me aside and say, "Preacher, I had this dream..."

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The Death and Dying Series Part One: How Do You Relate to Death?

Judith Johnson | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Death and Dying, Feelings About Death, Human Mortality, End of Life, Personal Beliefs and Values, Death, Dealing With Grief, Coping With Death, Death & Dying, Dealing With Death, Dealing With Loss, Healthy Living News
Judith Johnson

Talking about and dealing with death is our last great social taboo. We all know that we will die someday as will our beloved ones and cherished pets and everybody else. Yet, most of us relate to death as wrong -- as something that shouldn't happen.

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Tips for Talking to Children About Terminal Illness

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Parenting, Cancer, Terminal Illness, Children, Coping With Death, Children Terminal Illness, Family Terminal Illness, Parents News
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.

The ways in which children respond to a terminal diagnosis is shaped in large part by their social environment. Most prominent in this regard are parents, teachers, and family.

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How to Console a Grieving Friend During the Holidays

Ashley Davis Bush, LCSW | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Bereavement, Grieving Process, Sorrow, Grief, Coping With Death, Widowers, Widow, Loss, Grieving, Death, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Ashley Davis Bush, LCSW

Consoling a griever can feel like a frightening task. However, if you follow these six tips designed to open your heart and offer your support, your grieving friend will be most grateful.

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Katherine Bindley

Michelle Duggar Miscarries, Plans To Name The Baby

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Miscarrying, Miscarriage, Duggars, Grief, Michelle Duggar Pregnant, Mourning, Coping With Death, Pregnancy, Coping With Loss, Michelle Duggar, The Duggars, Michelle Duggar Miscarriage, Parents News

Michelle Duggar, the mother of America's biggest family -- or at least its most well-known one, thanks to reality television -- was five months into h...

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7 Positive Steps To Deal With Loss

Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Loss, Grief, Grieving, Dealing With Grief, Coping With Death, Death & Dying, Emotional Health, Grieving-and-Holidays, Death, Healthy Living News
Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD

When a feeling of loss happens, learning to cope is essential to be able to bounce back.

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How Cable News Made Me Lose My Religion and My Mother

Kathryn Dawson | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: My Mother Died, Death & Dying, Christianity, Coping With Death, Losing My Mother, Losing My Religion, I Lost My Religion, Dealing With Loss, Religion News
Kathryn Dawson

Until the late 90s my relationship with my mother remained largely intact. But then she discovered Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, and I could not have anticipated the devastating way this would change our relationship.

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How To Survive The Loss Of A Spouse

D. Keith Cobb, M.D. | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Coping With Death, Widow, Healthy Living Spirit, Grief, Death of Spouse, Death & Dying, Grieving, Death, Healthy Living News
D. Keith Cobb, M.D.

The death of a spouse is rated as one of the most distressing events in life -- an event that one spouse in every couple must eventually face.

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You Don't Outgrow Being A Daddy's Girl

Holly Palance | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Parenting post50, Coping With Death, Baby Boomers, Ukrainian Doll, Father Daughter Relationship, Father's Day, Daddy's Girl, Orphans, Fifty News
Holly Palance

When our parents die, we don't like to believe that we're next. But we are. Better to grow up before we die. That's a lesson my dad taught me. So on this anniversary, I remember, with gratitude my dad.

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Psalm 46 And Living After The Death Of A Loved One

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Family Scholars, Psalm 46, Death and Dying, Reformation Sunday, Martin Luther, Christianity, Death & Dying, Accepting Death, Life After Death, Coping With Death, Understanding Death, Religion News
Rev. Amy Ziettlow

Finality can bring you to the edge of despair and change your inner make-up. Those changes can be both painful and seem endless but also can give life.

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Seeing '50/50' Through The Eyes Of Psalm 23

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Surviving Cancer, Caregiving, Cancer, Psalm 23, 50/50, Cancer Treatment, Film, Coping With Death, Death & Dying, Faith in Film, Religion News
Rev. Amy Ziettlow

Eventually, the shadow of death will make itself known to us all and the chances for surviving life are not 50/50 but 0/0. In the meantime, may we value those who walk in the valley with us.

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St. Hildegard Of Bingen: Honor The Dead By Carrying Them Forward

John Backman | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Honoring the Deceased, Salvation, Hildegard Von Bingen, Death, Death and Dying, Mysticism, Sorrow, Grief, Christian Mysticism, Coping With Death, Religion News
John Backman

It is more than keeping their memory alive or remembering their birthdays... as important as these practices are; it is about sustaining the ideals, values and passions that they cared about so deeply.

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It's Time To Chuck The Bucket List

Lee Lipsenthal, M.D. | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Coping Withe Cancer, Dealing With Cancer, Coping With Death, Dealing With Death, Peace With Cancer, Death & Dying, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living Spirit, Peace With Death, Healthy Living News
Lee Lipsenthal, M.D.

"It's been a miracle that you've been alive for these past two years," Donald told me. "At this point, it's about controlling symptoms only. There is no cure."

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Why You Should Have A Memorial Service

Marilyn Sewell | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Forgiveness, Death, Death & Dying, Importance of Funerals, Value of Funeral Services, Coping With Death, Ritual of Funeral, Coping With Loss, Dealing With Death, Funeral Rituals, Religion News
Marilyn Sewell

As I glance down the obituary column, I see a statement that occurs more and more often: "In keeping with Virginia's wishes, there will be no funeral service." I am deeply disturbed by this trend.

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Don't Tell Me It's OK

Sue Doble | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Bereavement, Confronting Death, Grief, Faith and Death, Dealing With Grief, Death and Dying, Christianity, Faith in God, Dealing With Death, Coping With Death, Religion News
Sue Doble

Dec. 16, 2007, God called my beloved home. Anger and grief filled my being. Mostly, I was angry at God. How dare He let this happen when we were on our way to a different life?

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Parentless Parents: Best Tools for Remembering Our Parents

Allison Gilbert | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Lung Cancer, Betty Nguyen, Children, Death & Dying, Grief Tips, Raising Children, Mourning, Motherhood, Coping With Death, Grandparents, Cbs, Death, Bereavement, Grief, CBS News, Coping With Loss, Cancer, Grandparenting, Fathers, Women News
Allison Gilbert

What I miss most about my dad is something I only had for a short time -- experiencing him as a grandfather.

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Torah Lessons: What We Are And What We Can Be

Arnold M. Eisen | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Scripture Commentary, Judaism, Numbers 16:1?18:32, Parashat Korach, Death and Dying, Coping With Death, Korach, Lessons From the Bible, Torah Commentary, Promised Land, Religion News
Arnold M. Eisen

The Torah does not often express the terror human beings feel in the face of death as directly as it does in this week's portion. Nor does the Torah often advise so explicitly how best to cope with death.

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Camp Gives Grieving Kids A Place To Heal

Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Coping With Death, Bereavement, Coping With Loss, Children's Health, Children, Children's Grief, Grief Counseling, Impact News

Coping with loss can be difficult at any age, but one camp in West Virginia is giving young survivors a place to heal. Camp Nabe, a bereavement camp...

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With My Life Partner Gone, My Awakening Begins

Carol Jones | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Wisdom, Death & Dying, Partner Dead, Coping With Partner's Death, Life Partner Dead, Coping With Death, Healthy Living Spirit, Husband Dead, Healthy Living News
Carol Jones

My life partner is gone. We came to each other in innocence, yet tainted by our life experiences. Too many regrets, too few years spent together, too young to die, too young to leave me alone.

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Are Death And Birth More Alike Than We Think?

Sharon Zarozny | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Spirit, Death & Dying, Facing Death, The Similarity Between Birth and Death, Coping With Death, Dealing With Death, How to Cope With Death, How to Deal With Death, Healthy Living News
Sharon Zarozny

If we can become comfortable with seeing someone off, we can create a beautiful loving way to cherish our last moments together.

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Parentless Parents: Strategies For A Better Mother's Day

Allison Gilbert | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Bereavement, Mother's Day, Parentless Parents, Grief, Dealing With Grief, Coping With Death, Motherhood, Coping With Loss, Mother's Day 2011, Loss, Moms, Mothers, Mother's Day Without Mom, Mother's Day Grief, Healthy Living News
Allison Gilbert

The truth is, being a mom hasn't removed the part of me that was also a daughter, and sometimes Mother's Day is just a painful reminder of her absence. So what can one do to make Mother's Day less painful and a lot more joyful?

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6 Mindful Strategies To Recover From The Shock Of Loss

Ronald Alexander, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Coping With Grief, Death & Dying, Recovering From Loss, Dealing With Grief, Coping With Death, Loss Recovery, Coping With Loss, Recovering From Grief, Dealing With Loss, Tony Robbins Breakthrough, Self Help, Healthy Living News
Ronald Alexander, Ph.D.

I don't believe we ever get over a significant loss, but we do learn to move through it, live with it, and perhaps even use it creatively to find our life's purpose and harvest its lessons.

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Why Writing About Grief Makes Me Happy

Allison Gilbert | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: September 11, Bereavement, September 11th Anniversary, Parentless Parents, Grief, Support Groups, Parenting, September 11th, Tony Robbins Breakthrough, Coping With Death, Coping Strategies, Coping Mechanisms, Coping Skills, Death & Dying, Coping With Loss, Healthy Living News
Allison Gilbert

In truth, I'm happy in the face of what I write because I have an outlet for all my feelings. My upbeat attitude has been shaped by creating a new and different conversation about loss, and the relationship I have with my readers.

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Healthy Coping Tips For Distant Disaster Stress

Martin Rossman, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Japan Earthquake, Japan Tsunami, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, 2011 Japan Tsunami, Japan Earthquake 2011, Japan Tsunami 2011, Coping With Death, Coping Techniques, 2011 Japan Earthquake, Coping Strategies, Coping With Loss, Japan, Coping Skills, Healthy Living News
Martin Rossman, M.D.

We need to learn skills for coping with our feelings of sadness, anger and terror evoked by tragedies like those in Fukushima, Katrina and Haiti, so that we rise to these occasions rather than collapse into them.

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After The Fire

Jimmy Demers | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: 2011 Japan Tsunami, Japan Tsunami, Japan Earthquake, Japan Earthquake 2011, Japan Tsunami 2011, Coping With Death, 2011 Japan Earthquake, Coping With Loss, Coping With Tragedy, Japan, Healthy Living News
Jimmy Demers

That bumper sticker kept going over and over in my mind: "The best things in life aren't things." And yet, as true as I knew it to be, I still couldn't help but feel somewhat sick to my stomach that most of my things were now in a pile of ash.

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