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Our thoughts go out to the many family members who have already lost loved ones to the coronavirus. Even if you have not been directly impacted by COVID-19, there is no question that this is impacting the mental health of
Episode Transcript Hey, welcome back to another edition of the What's Your Grief Podcast. This is Eleanor. And this is Litsa. Thank you for joining us for another week. How are you doing today Litsa? Hi. Oh, I am, I'm doing exhausted, that's like
Disenfranchised grief is a term coined by one of our favorite grief researchers, Ken Doka, about twenty years ago. He defines disenfranchised grief as: “Grief that persons experience when they incur a loss that is not or cannot be openly acknowledged,
Someone recently asked me the following question: “A friend’s son died and they didn’t share the cause of his death in the obituary and haven’t told me. Is it okay for me to ask?” I took a breath before responding. The
My mother died of pancreatic cancer. If you know anything about pancreatic cancer, you know that the survival statistics are bleak. Those who catch it early have the best chances, but, even then, the five-year survival rate is only about
Disenfranchised grief is a term that was coined by one of our favorite grief researchers, Ken Doka, about twenty years ago. He defines disenfranchised grief as, “Grief that persons experience when they incur a loss that is not or cannot be
If you came here looking for a script for talking to your child about death and grief, I'm sorry, we can't give you one. Your child is an individual and your situation is unique, so what you say and do
Whenever we ask people about the emotions of grief, whether it is here on the blog, in a workshop, a group, or a class, the word relief inevitably comes up. We've listed it off a time or two on WYG when discussing common
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 48,000 people died from suicide in the United States in 2018. This rate is equal to 1 death every 11 minutes. Surveys have shown that 40% of adults know at least