Understanding and Managing Grief, March 5 - March 11, 2023

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

The International Day of Hope and Healing after Loss is a free online experience brought to you by the Opento Hope Foundation with the mission of helping people find hope after loss. Open to Hope's International Day of Hope & Healing After Loss « YouTube

Understanding and Managing Grief, April 22 - April 28, 2018

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

Secondary Losses,  http://j.mp/2I4c5Qd « Bryan C. Taylor

Interview: Current Research on Grief Responses, http://j.mp/2FmqbJZ « Open To Hope Radio

Beating A Dead Horse, Or At Least The Word Dead, http://j.mp/2FlnQiq « Laurie Grad

Understanding and Managing Grief, March 1 - March 7, 2015

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

Nightmares and Bad Dreams in Grief, http://j.mp/JMoQwV « Grief Healing Blog

Why I Can Be Open to Hope, http://j.mp/1EOsBNI « Open to Hope

The First Year of Grief: Help for the Journey, ebook by Grief Counselor Marty Tousley, http://ow.ly/JMFjm « Healing eBooks

After Death Communication, Continued

In earlier posts (After Death Communication and After Death Communication: A List of Resources)  I’ve shared my own special interest in this topic because, in my role as a grief counselor, I support grief-stricken individuals in their efforts to maintain loving connections with their deceased loved ones ~ including such post-death encounters as After Death Communications (ADCs).

I am drawn to and continually amazed by ADC stories, as the bereaved discover and describe the many ways their deceased loved ones still manage to communicate with them, sending messages of comfort and hope from beyond.

In addition to the resources listed in my earlier posts, I want to recommend two more books I’ve just finished reading. Both authors beautifully acknowledge the power of love in navigating their way through grief to hope, and describe in detail how they cultivated their ability to recognize the ongoing presence of their departed loved ones.  Their stories are personal, convincing, uplifting and life-affirming.

September 11: Coping with Aftershocks

[Reviewed and updated September 11, 2025]

[This is] one of these days that is going to live in infamy, a day of collective remembrance.  ~ Frank M. Ochberg, MD

A reader writes: With all the focus on the anniversary of September 11th, I find myself weepy all day as I remember all those who died that day (including a former colleague who perished in the World Trade Center), as well as other loved ones who've died but not on September 11th. Can you offer up any insight into this kind of collective grief?

My response: You are not alone in the sorrow you're experiencing, my friend, as on this day our entire nation is called to remember the anniversary of September 11th. For many Americans the feelings of grief associated with this event may seem as new and as raw as they did when these terrorist attacks first happened in 2001. A newscast or film clip from September 11 can catch us by surprise, acting as a trigger, and it's as if we're confronted with the event for the first time, all over again.

 

Understanding and Managing Grief, June 12 - June 18, 2011

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

• Sacred Journey Retreat for widows, by the Grief Project Leadership Team, http://bit.ly/jOi8M6 via @Joannefunch

• Grieving Well: Meditation To Grow Through Loss, http://huff.to/kOOJNC via @Joannefunch

• Controlling Anger -- Before It Controls You, http://bit.ly/iVzYMC 

• Excellent! There Are No Medications for Acute Grief, http://t.co/EEBill7 by @DoctorKaraPC via @utahpolitics

• Touching! Ten Things You Should Know About Daddy Part II, http://ow.ly/5kcAG by @Kristine_Brite

Understanding and Managing Grief, May 22 - May 28

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

• Ann Faison: No Timeline for Grief, http://dlvr.it/TDMsB via @houstonfunerals

• Deb Kosmer: The End of Winter Sometimes Comes Slowly, Open to Hope, http://bit.ly/kPMGXT

• Coping with Disastrous Events, http://bit.ly/kf8kQ8 via HFA blog

• Book review: 'Shift Happens': Making Sense of Life After Job Loss, aol.it/ldRKvk via @AOL @DrDignity

• 7 reasons why it's good to cry your eyes out, http://to.pbs.org/ihDxhs via @EmotionalLife

After-Death Communication: A List of Resources

After Death Communication (ADC) is one of the most frequently discussed topics in my online Grief Healing Discussion Groups, and it is one I've written about in an earlier post.

In an online TVGuide article I read that, in a segment broadcast on his program, television's Dr. Mehmet Oz "had quite a wild time watching [famed psychic medium] John Edward do his thing. In fact, the good doc says the experience changed his life!"

What are we to do with all this interest in ADC?

Finding the Zing In Your Life After the Death of a Child: Free Webinar from Open to Hope

This announcement comes to us from Neil Chethik, Executive Editor of the Open to Hope Web site:

You are invited to join Drs. Gloria and Heidi Horsley on Monday, January 24, 2011 as they interview Ron Villano, M.S., LMHC, ASAC on Finding the Zing in Your Life after the Death of a Child. Ron Villano is the leading expert of change. As a bereaved father, he speaks from the heart.  As a licensed psychotherapist, he counsels others on working through difficult times. As a nationally-recognized speaker and author, Ron appears before sold-out audiences across the country.  His fun, captivating and approachable style creates the powerful, life-changing moments you have been looking for. 

This free webinar takes place on Monday, January 24, 2011 from 5  to 6 pm Pacific Time, 7 to 8 pm Mountain Time, and 8 to 9 pm Eastern Time.

Afer registering you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees require Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003
Macintosh®-based attendees require Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer
 
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at
http://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/469505270

Understanding and Managing Grief, November 7 - November 13

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

• Article in MORE MAGAZINE on grief and healing, http://bit.ly/cxgCur by @Joannefunch

• Self guided e-book writing program helps in grief, http://ow.ly/38Ywz via @StoryForHealing

• Navigating Loss: Dealing with the Pain and Letting Go, http://ow.ly/38vrx via @StoryForHealing

• Is There Life After Death? TIME, http://bit.ly/a6sH4

• We're all made of stardust! My Grandson The Rock via NPR, http://n.pr/cnUPDR

• Open to Hope Foundation > Daughter Feels Little Support for Mother Loss, http://bit.ly/cnnYIT

• Brian Vaszily: First Class Flyers Who Complain about Pretzels, http://bit.ly/d04vo3

• Surviving A Loss From Suicide, http://bit.ly/cerIoz via @afspnational

• Please visit us at Open to Hope's new website!  Same name, new content, and easy to navigate! http://bit.ly/97Gf4P via @opentohope

• I Will Never Be the Same After My Father's Death, http://bit.ly/9NrRP0 via @HelloGrief

• Can broken times help us grow? Great read by Elizabeth Lesser "Broken Open" http://bit.ly/bI5mhU via @Joannefunch