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12 Challenges for Grieving Extroverts

A while back, Eleanor wrote a great post on grieving as an introvert. If you missed it, you should check…
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Holiday Togetherness Game Plan: 11 Tips for Taking a Time Out

Holiday Togetherness Game Plan: 11 Tips for Taking a Time Out

Alright, let's have a quick pre-holiday huddle to discuss your game plan for tomorrow. Not where you're going to celebrate or…
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Grief and Food: 10 reasons why your Thanksgiving spread might make you cry

Grief doesn't always turn you into an unpredictable ball of emotion, but sometimes it does. Sometimes things like a song, a word,…
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tips for working out and eating well while grieving

64 Tips For Working Out and Eating Well While Grieving

When it comes to working out, I am a life-long, shameless couch potato. There are no two ways about it. I hate…
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Overdose Awareness: 45 Celebrity Overdose Deaths

At work the other day I found myself in a conversation about drug overdoses and, as usual, I disturbed more…
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tips for continuing bonds with people we've lost

16 Tips for Continuing Bonds with People We've Lost

With decades of grief theory that focused on closure, acceptance, and moving on, it is no wonder that so many…
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64 more things I wish someone had told me about grief

64 MORE Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Grief

Back in October, I wrote a post of 64 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Grief. I wrote…
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64 self-care ideas for grievers

64 Self-Care Ideas for People Who Are Grieving

Self-care is a lot like flossing: You know you should do it regularly, but most people don't. Why? Probably because most…
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memorial bench

8 Guilt-Free Alternatives to a Funeral

Monday we tackled a reader question about whether it is ‘wrong’ not to have a funeral.  Like with so much…
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