Understanding and Managing Grief, September 4 - September 10, 2011

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

• 5 Ways Love Helps Kids Cope with Grief, http://ow.ly/6iQEn by @BarbaraAnnSimon

• Miriam Greenspan on Moving from Grief to Gratitude, http://bit.ly/cCmMpA via @assisi via @loripyeICC @bonniebright5

• If you work with kids, teens, connect with 9/11 NAGC teacher tools, http://ow.ly/6jDPl via @StoryForHealing

• September 11: Coping with Aftershocks, http://bit.ly/oLsmLl

• Touching, personal video: teaching about hospice through Grief Reflection, http://bit.ly/rgx9YZ via @StoryForHealing

Understanding and Managing Grief, August 28 - September 3, 2011

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

• Accepting the gift of grief: 9/11 widow reflects on decade of rebuilding, http://ow.ly/6kcg9 via @VillageMemorial

• Winner! "Moving Forward On Your Own" widow 's finance guide book, http://bit.ly/ogEiyV via @HelpMePublish

• Working in grief support changed how Nancy Weil looks at life, ning.it/qnzKIK via @LegacyConnect

• LouLaGrand: Critical Importance of Developing Connections in Grief, http://dlvr.it/jnHPN via @houstonfunerals

• Just added @ValleyofLife's beautiful site to GriefHealing's Memorials~Funerals~Rituals page, http://bit.ly/3Qr9gf

Understanding and Managing Grief, July 17 - July 23, 2011

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

• Coping with Anxiety in Grief | Open to Hope Foundation, http://bit.ly/qxnuN1 

• Flower essences to use when healing from #grief: http://t.co/jv6t1yj via @ChelseaHanson

• Important! Explaining daddy's suicide to children, http://bit.ly/o2guig

• Grief After Suicide: An Interview With Dr. Jack Jordan, psych.ly/oDzSW7 via @psychcentral

• Heartache To Healing's grief poetry contest; click link here for details, http://bit.ly/kOjkVl by @JoanneFunch

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 29 - June 4

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

• Coping with loss and the grief that comes with it, http://ow.ly/58hLl via @ctffox

• How we talk about death, http://ow.ly/59L3Y via @LaMuscarella

• How to choose a good therapist, http://bit.ly/m1Vwra by @HopefulMJ

• Updated! Grief Bibliography (books recommended by the bereaved, for the bereaved), http://bit.ly/9J8Wa4

• Everything you need to know about Camp Widow 2011, http://bit.ly/ifnsyo

Understanding and Managing Grief, May 15 - May 21

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

• How Does God View Our Grief? http://goo.gl/fb/p3QrR via @sadierosefndtn

• Identifying bereaved subjects at risk of complicated grief, http://bit.ly/jgfcM6 RT @suzanakm

• Death of a close friend is a different grief, http://bit.ly/lHlauv by @pkassner via @horizonHCH

• The Road to Significance is Service, http://bit.ly/lB68tO via @ScottIrwinMD

• Four Workouts to Let Go of Emotional Pain, http://fb.me/x1euHDpH by @BobLivingstone

Understanding and Managing Grief, April 17 - April 23

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

• Anticipatory Grief and Resilience: sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy, http://bit.ly/i9er3i by @StoryForHealing

• Matt Logelin: Love, Loss and, Suddenly, Single Parenthood, http://huff.to/hoMudo

• Advice For Dating A Widower With A Pre-Schooler: Meet Matt Logelin's Girlfriend, http://bit.ly/fZ4HGZ

• Mother’s Day: Survival Techniques After the Death of a Child: free Webinar with Darcie Sims, http://bit.ly/hVCoZ8

• How prolonged illness affects the grieving process, http://bit.ly/hFPzdT via @Hospiceny

Understanding and Managing Grief, March 20 - March 26

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

• First Year of Grief: Help for the Journey, http://ow.ly/45uQY e-book by grief counselor @griefhealing via @Selfhealingexpr

• Mother Loss: article, poem and discussion, http://ow.ly/45z5a via @selfhealingexpr

• New PSA for TAPS: Comfort & care for those grieving death of loved one in the military, http://bit.ly/fSTzZf by @TAPS4America

• Beautiful cremation pendants to remember and connect, http://bit.ly/fz5AAJ via @Esdeer

• When is treatment indicated for grief? http://bit.ly/fMoFDH via @helen_horvath

Understanding and Managing Grief, August 29 - September 4

From Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

• Loss of Mother poem and article generating many comments: http://bit.ly/a0rrvM

• Perinatal Loss: Help parents acknowledge grief, express emotions | Open to Hope Foundation, http://bit.ly/aZ0NZg

• Wide variety of helpful grief articles on Storybooks For Healing, http://ow.ly/2zbCx 

• Treating Grief: The Dangers of Diagnosis by Joseph Nowinski, PhD, http://huff.to/98Sr7Y 

• When talking about grief, make sure you're on the same page, http://ow.ly/2yA8R via @StoryForHealing

• "What is the appropriate amount of time to grieve?" http://bit.ly/aeds6z by @DoyleDiana 

• Widow's Voice: Not What I Imagined, http://bit.ly/cBrJJc 

• I love this! Creative permission slips for the bereaved, http://bit.ly/bu1Kdp via @motherhenna 

• Healing Grief Includes Rest, http://bit.ly/9sdJOS via @Joannefunch

• 11 ways to comfort someone who’s grieving - Harvard Health Publications http://bit.ly/b17myM 

• Another kind of loss: seeing youngsters off to college, http://bit.ly/crNQCg

• Widows: coping with unsolicited advice in grief, by Catherine Tidd http://bit.ly/9EfIcO

• On Grief: Give up or go on « Glacier County Honey Co., http://bit.ly/czygds 

• What I love about the rituals of grief, by Rachel Held Evans, http://bit.ly/cOxFKM 

• How to Help a Friend Who’s Lost a Loved One, http://bit.ly/d09eWA via Giving Up on Perfect

• Grieving mom observes: Some words are too much for others, http://bit.ly/9Gb83U 

• "I Died That Day" - Dad grapples with death of teenage son, http://bit.ly/9J4B6tRT @GrievingDads

• Focus on Bereavement Camps for Children and Adolescents,  http://bit.ly/ahg4r8  via @hfahospice

Understanding and Managing Grief, August 15 - August 21

From Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

• Making Space for Grief, by Jerry Kolber, http://bit.ly/bzhMDA

• Truisms about Grief No. 7: Trivialities of Life, at GrievingDads.com Project, http://bit.ly/962fxx

• Save the date for Camp Widow 2011, Aug 12-14! Program from 2010 at http://bit.ly/cl5cKs via @Freshwidow @soaringspirits 

• Finally added the second half to Grief Soup on www.lovinggrief.com via @lovinggrief

• Graceful Passages = Sound Sanctuary for Grieving Families, shar.es/030iN What sounds aid in your healing? via @SusanWReynolds

• Fantastic piece by ESPN on Camp Erin Grief Camps! http://es.pn/cppmtc via @PamelaGabbay @moyerfoundation

• Where Do Friends Go when You’re Coping with a Crisis? by John Grohol, PsyD, http://bit.ly/cDeooZ

• Impact of Grief Spreads Beyond Family to All of Society | Open to Hope Foundation, http://bit.ly/9RWqn2

• Eight Tips for Mindfully Processing Grief, by Sameet Kumar, PhD, http://huff.to/cK3u05

• Coping with difficult days, by Ruth Williams « Alive Hospice Blog, http://bit.ly/cj9KyG 

• On Sibling Loss: Lessons from My Sister Cathy, Disney and Hospice, http://bit.ly/aJ2w2B via @NHPCO_news

• You Are the Expert on Your Grief, http://bit.ly/awAWHP - excellent post @StoryForHealing

• Meditations on the Word ‘Still’ by bereaved grandparent Nina Bennett: | Open to Hope Foundation http://bit.ly/bHbBay 

• Comforting Grieving Parents: What Helps and What Doesn't, http://bit.ly/brq8pQ

• Good Grief and DSM V- Sacred Rite or Medical Ritual? by Allen Frances in NY Times, http://nyti.ms/d0Z98Y 

Understanding and Managing Grief, August 8 - August 14

From Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

• Comforting Grieving Parents: What Helps and What Doesn't, http://bit.ly/brq8pQ

• Allen Frances in NY Times: Good Grief and DSM-V- sacred rite or medical ritual? http://nyti.ms/d0Z98Y

• Creating Community in Times of Grief: Facebook in Action, via @njsmyth, http://ht.ly/2pvES 

• Sadhguru on Accepting the Death of a Loved One, via @Tabitha_Jayne, http://huff.to/a0lY5G 

• Lynne Hughes: Reconnecting via technology brings healing decades after loss, via @HelloGrief, http://bit.ly/cs4ivl

• Courage: Defined by a Grieving Dad | GrievingDads.com Project, http://bit.ly/a2zfLr

• A Death on Facebook: Intimacy and loss in the age of social media, via @doclake, http://bit.ly/batQxO

• Keeping it real: another honest widow's Camp Widow experience, http://bit.ly/dkOP4N 

• Nancy Brinker lost her sister but found her calling: A Sister's Promise, http://bit.ly/b3GwBS

• Helping an Angry Child in grief, via @HelloGrief, http://bit.ly/anTrgv 

• Using Antidepressant Medication in Grief | Open to Hope Foundation http://bit.ly/9q0NQh

• Hospice RN convinced of life after death offers comfort to dying, bereaved, http://bit.ly/c9kAkH

• Stephanie Baffone on mother loss and devotional prayer: What I Learned From Eat, Pray, Love, http://bit.ly/91p8NV

• Camp Widow: Young and widowed find solace, one another online - USATODAY.com, http://bit.ly/9d5QZZ

• Amazing & uplifting! Loss and Found: An Adoption Story, via @StoryForHealing, http://ow.ly/2nPbY

• Truisms About Grief No.6, via @GrievingDads, "Offers That Don’t Materialize" http://wp.me/pVxlX-1Y

• Ellen Gerst on discovering life after death: What I Learned at Camp Widow 2010, http://bit.ly/breNRF

• Mary Jane Hurley Brant: Stages of Grief and Loss Change Over Time, via @Joannefunch, http://bit.ly/9TFbTL

• Diana Doyle: blindsided by grief, 'Honoring those awkward moments,' http://bit.ly/9b02B4

• Using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) in Grief, via @Selfhealingexpr, http://ht.ly/2ktxF 

• 'Camp Widow' Helps Military Wives Heal From Grief | KPBS.org http://bit.ly/cqdre4 

• Colleges students deal with the loss of loved ones, http://bit.ly/9iRJRs 

• Awesome @USAToday story on hopeful, energizing Camp Widow weekend! http://bit.ly/dkyOcM 

• Dr. Joanne Cacciatore on Child Loss: Grief, the Great Leveler http://bit.ly/bKkodr  

Understanding and Managing Grief, July 18 - 24

From Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

• Father Loss: @Ruyarme: Sharing my year of grieving, and finding wholeness there, http://wp.me/pLgQ6-I0 

• Widow’s Separation From Husband is ‘Temporary’ | Open to Hope Foundation, http://bit.ly/cmQedX 

• Tambre Leighn: The Healing Power of Creativity | Open to Hope Foundation, http://bit.ly/cLYTUW

• @mental_floss via @doclake: Oh, the Places Your Ashes Will Go! Creative things to do with loved one's remains, http://bit.ly/c4wKBb 

• @GriefHelp: Judith Orloff MD: The Health Benefits of Tears, http://ow.ly/18e7Ft 

• @Freshwidow: Angry with God since the death of your spouse? Free Webinar from friends at @Loveafterloss, http://bit.ly/aAAIgm

• How making small changes in our environment can help us revive after loss, http://bit.ly/deYBt5

• @GrievingDads: Number 3 of 31 Truisms About #Grief has been posted http://bit.ly/bbpyEz 

• @Selfhealingexpr: First Year of Grief: Help for the Journey, by @griefhealing, Sensitive online support, http://bit.ly/dxIVcT 

• New Blog from licensed professional counselor @sbaffone: Helping You Make Sense Out of Loving, Losing, and Living, http://bit.ly/dk8UeV 

• @thinthreads: Focusing on Grief and Renewal: An official welcome from co-editor Ellen Gerst, http://bit.ly/aptiPD 

• @soaringspirits: Not sure about attending Camp Widow alone? Worried that you aren't in the right state of mind to come to Camp? http://fb.me/xm3nbZWA

• @americanwp: A veteran's widow writes, "We are his story tellers." Our newest Widow Story, "Cut Way Too Short," by Katie, http://bit.ly/aly0xd 

• Wendie Batho: How To Tell the Difference Between Grief and Depression « Facilitators' Blog, http://bit.ly/cXdkPx

• @hospice_news: Informative article on grief, at Munson Hospice Corner, http://bit.ly/ctDl7E 

• Rondi Lightmark helps you decide: Do You Need Grief Counseling? http://bit.ly/biXBJy 

• Catherine Tidd: Feeling Lost (and Finding Oneself) in the Widowhood | Open to Hope Foundation, http://bit.ly/cosBtC 

• @Joannefunch: Harriet Hodgson on Telling Your Grief Story Without Turning Off Listeners, http://bit.ly/ayAOJb 

• @NAGCnews: When a Death Occurs in a Community: Helping Children and Teens, http://ow.ly/2cpKR 

• @soaringspirits: Michele Neff Hernandez describes a fear shared by most, that of opening her heart again, http://fb.me/A9xBt3T6 

• @courosa: Why we listen to sad music when we're sad, http://is.gd/dy6YT via @openculture 

• Amy Maddocks: Daydreaming About Deceased Son - Healthy or Not? | Open to Hope Foundation http://bit.ly/aMKRPf 

• Laura Slap-Shelton, widowed at age 35, on Death of a Spouse | Open to Hope Foundation http://bit.ly/befoVv 

• @Joannefunch: Disenfranchised Grief: Grieving Without Society's Permission: http://bit.ly/aCMXN9 

• @StephanieSarkis, via @SalonMedia: "The heartbreak of my mother's smoking," http://bit.ly/cl64OD

Understanding and Managing Grief - June 13 - June 19

From Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

• @LegacyConnect: Do I Have to Cry to Grieve? http://bit.ly/do-I-have-to-cry-to-grieve
  

• @Joannefunch: Loss of Spouse - Diva Toolbox, http://bit.ly/aOv8MJ
  

• @GrievingDads: Emotions After the Death of a Child: Anger, http://wp.me/pVxlX-H
  

• @ctsinclair @nytimesmagazine: Describing Grief, http://bit.ly/djhNgG
  

• @hfahospice: The Grieving Spouse, http://bit.ly/aqYhjY
  

• @HelloGrief: Diana Doyle on the impact of multiple losses on surviving family members, http://bit.ly/bLBFkM

• @doclake: Getting On With Life After a Partner Dies, http://nyti.ms/arXfxQ
  

• @soaringspirits: Added resource for LGBT widowed to resource page. So impressed with Dan in Realtime's efforts, http://bit.ly/9xFcwl
  

• @soaringspirits: Camp Widow for all ages, men, women, straight, LGBT Speakers, http://bit.ly/am4KTD
  

• Bereavement films available to help parents; professionals, http://bit.ly/da04KC
  

• Bereavement photographer lovingly records dying babies’ short lives - chicagotribune.com, http://bit.ly/ag5Jkk
  

• @KSBuckley: Understand the Boundaries When Giving Comfort, http://bit.ly/ahjdq5
  

• Haunting, tragic post: Nightmares Have Taken the Place of Dreams | GrievingDads.com Project, http://bit.ly/9VaQjn
  

• @sara_mc Generous, beautiful post about grieving a friend, http://bit.ly/8XObfu
  

• Grief dreams article, Dream work as a Healing Path Through Grief and Loss, http://bit.ly/dw0YwP

Special Events

National Survivors of Suicide Day, Saturday, November 21, 2009 – The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) will hold its 11th annual National Survivors of Suicide Day on Saturday, November 21, 2009. Created by U.S. Senate resolution in 1999, this is a day of healing for those who are bereaved after a suicide loss. Every year, AFSP sponsors an event to provide an opportunity for the survivor community to come together on this day for support, healing, and information: http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?page_id=FEE7D778-CF08-CB44-DA1285B6BBCF366E

Camp Widow 2010 – Based on the success of this year’s National Conference on Widowhood, Michele Hernandez, Executive Director of Soaring Spirits Loss Foundation announces plans for next year’s gathering for widows and widowers at the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina in San Diego, CA, August 6-8, 2010: http://www.sslf.org/index.html. For further information, contact Michele Hernandez via email at contact@sslf.org.