Understanding and Managing Grief, November 19 - November 25, 2023

Best selections from Grief Healing's X feed this week:

Knowing how to respond sensitively to someone else’s bad news is the last missing piece in the jigsaw of adulthood, the life skill most of us only realise, to our dismay, we are lacking in that particular sniper’s alley of the late 40s and 50s, when everyone is seemingly running from something and it suddenly feels very important indeed to be a good friend. These are the years of losing elderly parents, but also of early heart attacks, cancer diagnoses, of friends blindsided by now-the-kids-are-grown-and-gone divorces. Lately I’ve found myself struggling too often for the right words. There’s no right thing to say to people who are grieving, but the worst thing is fearing to speak at all « The Guardian

Understanding and Managing Grief, October 29 - November 4, 2023

Best selections from Grief Healing's X feed this week:

Death and grief are not easy to talk about. Talking to children about these can be harder still. Our instinct to protect children from harsh realities means we might avoid these topics altogether. But, as we discovered in our recently published research, bereaved children have lots of questions about death and grief. 'Why did he Leave Me?' 5 things grieving children want to know about the death of a loved one « The Conversation

Understanding and Managing Grief, September 30 - October 6, 2012

Best selections from Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

• Grief Watch Monthly Newsletter now available here, http://j.mp/SI4bct by @griefwatch
  
  
• Widowed people review "Go On," new NBC Matthew Perry sitcom about grief, http://j.mp/OakUZy
  
  
• Excellent! Parenting After the Death of a Child, http://ow.ly/ebEmd from @hospicecalgary via @virtualhospice
  
  
• Updated: Grief Bibliography, recommended by the bereaved for the bereaved, http://j.mp/9J8Wa4
  
  
• Child Loss and Guilt: Is it Time to Forgive Yourself? http://j.mp/SCufWh « Grief Digest Magazine