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Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, Ph.D.: Etan Patz And 5 Lessons That Loss Can Teach

2012-05-25T14:10:11Z

The pain of my childhood loss became something I could no longer deny, and I made a vow to turn my own life-long struggle to learn how to live with grief and loss into lessons that would guide the rest of my life.

Read more: Living With Loss, Loss, Grief, Life Lessons, Death & Dying, Judaism, Etan Patz, Mourning, Religion News

Lori Ungemah: Writing Down the Grief

2012-05-23T10:32:15Z

I always openly address grief, dying, and grieving in my classroom. Between the many deaths in literature and the persistent grief and melancholia in poetry, it's a subject that weaves itself easily into an English class.

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Natalie Thomas: Who Are We Without Our Titles?

2012-05-20T09:03:00Z

Too often, we define ourselves by our jobs in this world: "I work at X," "I'm so and so's mother, ____'s wife." But when those relationships have expired, matured or evaporated, what's left?

Read more: Saying Goodbye, Self-Discovery, Divorce, Loss, Breakups, Labels, Identity Crisis, Empty Nest Syndrome, Career, Goodbye, Empty Nest, Self Concept, Self Definition, Emotional Wellness, Healthy Living News

Mourners Gather For Mary Kennedy Funeral

2012-05-19T11:51:45Z

BEDFORD, N.Y. — Family and friends gathered Saturday at a modest stone church in a hamlet north of New York City for the funeral of Mary Richard...

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Photographer's Magical Tribute To Her Mother

2012-05-18T16:50:35Z

Kirsty Mitchell is a former fashion designer who worked under both Alexander McQueen and Hussein Chalayan as a student. However, she found her ultimat...

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Ruth Neubauer: Visiting Bernice

2012-05-18T13:20:52Z

One year and three chemotherapy treatments later, she still has a wicked sense of humor, albeit a slowed-down delivery. And although only a tuft of hair has grown back, she is still beautiful.

Read more: Lung Cancer, Renaissance, Friendship, Death and Dying, Women, Music, Writing, Women News

Lea Lane: Mary Kennedy's Suicide Stirs a Memory

2012-05-18T12:13:06Z

Like Mary Richardson Kennedy appears to have been, Delia was a beloved person who died too young from terminal depression. It can happen to anyone. Even those who seem to have it all.

Read more: Death and Dying, Clinical Depression, Women, Westchester County New York, Mary Richardson Kennedy, Depression, Mental Health, Suicide, Personal Stories, Healthy Living News

Coal Processing Plant Mechanic Falls To Death

2012-05-18T12:47:39Z

UNEEDA, W.Va. (AP) — A veteran mechanic is dead after a three-story fall at an Alpha Natural Resources Inc. coal processing plant in southern West V...

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Debra Ollivier: Jai Pausch On Dreaming New Dreams

2012-05-18T10:10:00Z

In her new book, Jai Pausch chronicles the profound challenges that she and her family faced as Randy succumbed to cancer. Pausch speaks for millions in describing how she managed her role of caregiver, how she dealt with extraordinary grief, how she negotiated the emotional terrain of parenting.

Read more: Caregiving, Baby Boomers, Randy Pausch, Pancreatic Cancer, Loss and Grief, Jai Pausch, Dream New Dreams, Randy Pausch Last Lecture, Randy Pausch Cancer, Fifty News

Death Race : Seven Stages of Ron Paul Supporter Grief

2012-05-17T16:03:09Z

Is the Ron Paul campaign finally over? Depends on whom you ask.

Read more: Primaries, Gq, Vote, Ron Paul, Campaign, Grief, Humor, Election, Death Race, Support, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Ron Paul Campaign, Ron Paul 2012, Politics News

Mark Banschick, MD: The Two Magic Words That Will Help You Get Over Your Split

2012-05-17T12:05:07Z

Is it possible to get over a bad divorce?

Read more: Psychiatry, Psychology, Forgiveness, Divorce, Grief, Divorce News

Larry Ross: First Motherless Mother's Day -- Not

2012-05-13T20:39:08Z

This will be the first Mother's Day of my life without my mother physically, but she'll be with me in spirit.

Read more: Death and Dying, Loss of Mother, Ruth Ross, Love, Mother's Day, Mothers, Life and Death, Heaven, Fifty News

Richard C. Senelick, M.D.: Why Dying Is Different for Doctors

2012-05-11T18:57:09Z

Because of our exposure to and understanding of how people die, physicians, at least in my experience, tend to deal with death differently than those outside of the profession.

Read more: Death and Dying, Doctors, Physicians, Dying With Dignity, Palliative Care, Death, End of Life Decisions, Health Care Decisions, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News

Claire Bidwell Smith: Redefining the 5 Stages of Grief

2012-05-10T17:49:36Z

Only you know what path you need to take toward healing, and whether you accomplish this using every one of the five stages, shunning books about grief or never missing a session of your bereavement group, the key will consistently be to listen to yourself.

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Jan Angilella: Missing Mom

2012-05-10T11:48:26Z

Mother's Day falls on my birthday this year. My mom and I loved these double celebration days. This year, I'll observe both occasions without her.

Read more: Life Lessons in Emails, Missing Mom, Grief, Birthday, Mothers Day. Mothers-Day-Pkg, Mom Death, Women News

Jeanne Dennis: Hopsice: Grief, Depression and the DSM -- Take Two

2012-05-10T11:56:03Z

It is important that we continue to see -- and treat -- bereavement as a universal experience that is an integral part of life.

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Amanda de Cadenet: 'The Conversation': Kelly Preston

2012-05-09T12:41:24Z

Kelly speaks with Amanda and shares that when she was in a time where she questioned if she would ever be able to love again, she realized how much love she had inside of her.

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Sarah O'Leary: Tragedy: A Love Story

2012-05-08T18:15:00Z

Sometimes I just have one of those days. I was a living in the crawl space of my head, frustrated, angry and anxious. I was afraid of and consumed b...

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Sarah Leavitt: PHOTOS: Dealing With Grief Through Writing And Drawing

2012-05-04T16:46:40Z

I've always had a really bad memory. So when my mother got Alzheimer's disease, I knew that I had to record what was happening to her and to our famil...

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8 Tips For Understanding Grief And Rediscovering Gratitude

2012-05-04T15:06:57Z

On January 12, 2010 at 5am, after a year and a month of fighting, we lost her. My best friend, mother, and soul mate was gone from this world.

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Wendy Litner: Getting Older Without My Mother

2012-05-03T09:37:26Z

While my mother no longer knows me, she needn't be here to love me.

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WATCH: The Therapeutic Power Of Pie

2012-05-02T08:42:19Z

Life is short. Eat pie.

We all grieve in our own ways. Watch as Beth Howard describes how the pastry -- pie -- helped her cope with the loss of her...

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Jeryl Brunner: How a Motherless Daughter Gets Through Mother's Day

2012-05-01T15:00:14Z

As this Mother's Day looms, I think about how other motherless daughters cope. How can we feel included and feel better?

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Diane Keaton On How She Wrote Her Memoir

2012-04-27T15:49:12Z

Hollywood actress Diane Keaton's memoirs, "Then Again", was first published in November, and relied heavily upon her mother's personal journal. For th...

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Lea Lane: Isolated on an Island, Dealing With Grief

2012-04-27T16:38:57Z

Alone on the cliffs of Grand Manan Island overlooking the misty Bay of Fundy, I didn't feel any lonelier than I did anywhere else. I felt peaceful. I missed my husband, but now I felt his presence more clearly in my memories.

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