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News Articles: grief

DELRAY, FL - MAY 23, 2022: (L-R) Alexandra Iriarte, Elizabeth George, Janaya Stephens, Paris Jackson, Mario Guillaume and Keanna Tyson during a group session in their grief support group also knows as Steve's Club held during school hours at Atlantic High School in Delray Beach, Florida on May 23, 2022.

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  • Health

Losing a parent can derail teens' lives. A high school grief club aims to help

After finding she had ten bereaved kids in her class, one Florida teacher created a teen grief group. It's a place where kids can support each other and feel they're not alone.

July 24, 2022
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  • Rhitu Chatterjee

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  • National

Mother's Day can be painful. These strategies might help

Mother's Day can be a painful time, especially for people living with loss. Author Rebecca Soffer shares ideas for how to care for yourself or loved ones on a difficult day.

May 07, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman

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  • Health

When facing loss, embrace change and don't force closure, a therapist urges

Over the last two years, many have experienced a kind of ambiguous loss as we have lived with isolation and uncertainty in the pandemic. Author and therapist Pauline Boss explains how to move forward.

January 05, 2022
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By:
  • Graison Dangor
Grief is tied to all sorts of different brain functions, says researcher and author Mary-Frances O'Connor. That can range from being able to recall memories to taking the perspective of another person, to even things like regulating our heart rate and the experience of pain and suffering.

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  • Health

How your brain copes with grief, and why it takes time to heal

Grieving is a form of learning, says a scientist who studies the brain's response to loss. When someone you love dies, you have to learn new rules for navigating the world and your brain has to adapt.

December 20, 2021
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By:
  • Berly McCoy
Richard and Lori Guadagno around 2001.

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Her Brother Died On Flight 93. She Still Sees Him Surfacing In Small Ways

Richard Guadagno died when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on 9/11. His memory is scattered through his sister Lori's house in items that continue a conversation between the siblings 20 years later.

September 07, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Detrow and
  • Tim Lambert
Anna Sale side by side with the book cover.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Anna Sale Asks Us To 'Talk About Hard Things' In New Book

Wednesday on Political Rewind: It has been a difficult year. So there may be no more important time for all of us to talk about hard things. Fortunately, Anna Sale, host of the hugely popular podcast Death, Sex and Money, recently released a manual for how to have those conversations. Her book Let’s Talk About Hard Things is a distillation of what she’s learned in discussing the subjects so many of us prefer to avoid on her podcast for the past seven years.

May 19, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
In a year where loss, grief, technology and identity have been at the forefront of the national conversation, the budding trend of email opt-outs are for many both a welcome change and a sign of what may lie ahead.

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  • Family

In A Grief-Filled Year, Brands From Etsy To Pandora Let You Skip Mother's Day Emails

The small but growing trend is seen as a welcome acknowledgement of people who are grieving, as well as a sign that email marketing is becoming increasingly personalized and socially conscious.

May 07, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Joel McLemore of Milwaukie, Ore., looks at the Willamette River near his home in suburban Portland, Ore. McLemore moved to Oregon in April to pursue new employment opportunities after his divorce.

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  • National

'Steamrolled Us In Every Direction' : The Year Grief Hit From All Sides

For many people this year, navigating grief from personal losses, like breakups and miscarriages, amid the drama of the pandemic has felt ... awkward. Here, stories of coping amid collective grief.

January 01, 2021
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  • Ashley Westerman ,
  • Dalia Mortada,
  • and 1 more

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: How Do We Handle Grief, Mental Health In Unprecedented Times?

Thursday on Political Rewind , how do we grieve a loved one in the isolation brought on by the pandemic? Today, a personal story of dealing with loss in...

May 21, 2020
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  • Bill Nigut
A woman leaves flowers at a makeshift memorial at the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping complex Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in El Paso, Texas.

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  • News

'Anger, Anguish' And 'Cohesion': Updates From El Paso in the Wake of Mass Shooting

President Donald Trump is headed to both Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, Wednesday in response to the recent mass shootings in the two cities. Along...

August 07, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
Relatives of deceased residents of the Gray Health And Rehabilitation assisted living home in Gray pray together near the end of the annual bereavement ceremony at the facility on May 14.

Better Living Through Acknowledging Death

One by one, their names were recited as family members clutched one another’s hands and silently wept. Seventeen men and women had died within the past...

September 04, 2018
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By:
  • Judith Graham-Kaiser Health News

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