Understanding and Managing Grief, March 4 - March 9, 2019

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

7 Ways to Treat Yourself With Kindness While Grieving, http://j.mp/2Hozqy3 « What's Your Grief?
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How Matthew Broderick's movie "To Dust" explores grief with laughter, http://j.mp/2H4W8f2 « Legacy.com

Life after Caregiving, http://j.mp/2NKCfdG  « AfterTalk Inspirational 3.7.19

Understanding and Managing Grief, December 30 - January 5, 2019

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

'Mary Poppins Returns' Is a Subtle Exploration of Grief,  http://j.mp/2BWWdfU  « The Atlantic

When a Loved One is Dying: The Unspoken Emotions and Impact of Grief, http://j.mp/2BZ6Z5u « PSYCOM

Hospice of the Valley offers support in Fountain Hills, http://j.mp/2C2HQqe  « Fountain Hills Times

Understanding and Managing Grief, July 12 - July 18, 2015

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

Wills are for the living. Do you have yours? http://j.mp/1I0D9qH « Refuge In Grief

Movie Review, Me And Earl And The Dying Girl: You Will Laugh, You Will Cry, http://j.mp/1OjRljQ « SevenPonds Blog

INSIDE OUT: Carla Grossini-Concha on Loving Her Daughter While Mourning Her Son, http://j.mp/1e3acT4 « Mutha Magazine

Understanding and Managing Grief, June 21 - June 27, 2015

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

What is Strength in the Face of Grief? http://j.mp/1IiKqXN « Open to Hope

Alan Wolfelt on Love And Grief, http://j.mp/1SQFFHR « Grief Digest Magazine

The First Year of Grief: Help for the Journey, http://ow.ly/NEvBa « Healing eBooks

Understanding and Managing Grief, December 7 - December 13, 2014

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

Grief Healing: Resources for Young Widow(er)s http://j.mp/1nQhHP0 « Grief Healing Blog

Helping Another in Grief, by Grief Counselor Marty Tousley, http://j.mp/1zjbhwj « Healing eBooks

Finding Christmas and Peace after the Death of a Child, http://j.mp/1zKF5Dk « Open to Hope

Understanding and Managing Grief, February 9 - February 15, 2014

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

Griefcase: What Will "They" Say? Ten Tacky Things and Ten Top Things to Say Back, http://j.mp/1jmDJF9 « Griefcase

Film Review: “Rabbit Hole” (2010) by John Cameron Mitchell,  http://j.mp/1gKBhq9 « SevenPonds Blog

Excellent piece: 'You Aren't Here Now: How Grief and Mindfulness Don't Mix,'  http://j.mp/1jmvjxx « HuffPost Healthy Living

Understanding and Managing Grief, November 11 - November 17, 2012

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

The source of the love we feel is always with us, http://j.mp/TKlmdY

Well said! Am I In Love With Grief? http://j.mp/QP9Ing

Webinar: Helping Children Cope with Their Own Dying or the Death of a Loved One, offered Tuesday, November 20, from 12 noon to 1:30 PM Eastern Time, http://bit.ly/PYYUla by @hfahospice

When You Are Grieving, Thanksgiving Day Feels Painful, http://j.mp/UJemEJ by @HopefulMJ via @selfgrowthnow

Poem "Where is the Angel?" http://j.mp/T0upst by @HopefulMJ

Caregiving and Hospice, June 3 - June 9, 2012

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

• Doctors hesitate to prolong their own lives to avoid pain, http://bit.ly/Kj3Tvz from @rhgerard via @brisbanetimes
  
  
• Things to consider when moving your aging parents into your home, http://ow.ly/bsnSj via @AmyGoyer
  
  
• Respite for caregivers is rare. Here are 5 ways I make it last, http://ow.ly/bs6fW by @AmyGoyer
  
  
• New law would create online database for end-of-life wishes in Michigan, http://bit.ly/L8sS0R via @hospicepharmacy
  
  
• Very informative article on pain management, http://bit.ly/NWS4IK from @achospice via @SolariHospice

Caregiving and Hospice, February 26 - March 3, 2012

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

• When I Needed Help - Outstanding first-hand account on need for caregiving, http://nyti.ms/zhzSv5 via @thenewoldage and @ctfox
  
  
• Give Hospice Time to Balance Pain Control With Alertness, Nurse Says, http://ow.ly/9obAt via @ctffox
  
  
• Terminally ill pet therapy dog spends final days celebrating life with hospice patients, http://shar.es/gZFPR via @SolariHospice
  
  
• Intimacy, Marriage and Alzheimer's Disease, bit.ly/yBBruG via @asnl2
  
  
• Lovely! Cooking cuts through mother’s dementia, http://bit.ly/x4lQCE via @alzcny

Understanding and Managing Grief, January 22 - January 28, 2012

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

• Lessons Learned: After Son's Sudden Death, Shock, Grief And Coping http://n.pr/wGcVC0 from @IDidNotKnow via@TheGriefToolbox
  
  
• Supporting the bereaved by having the courage to listen, http://j.mp/zeQDDV
  
  
• Beautiful! Parents of stillborns struggle with grief, http://bit.ly/yJxgRv from @JenMarsh2 via @dcexaminer
  
  
• How Long Should Grief Last? http://j.mp/x7yjWA
  
  
• Film Review: The Descendants | SevenPonds Blog, http://j.mp/zyfFgj

We Bought a Zoo: A Movie Recommendation

I love to read, and I suppose because of the work I do, I am drawn to stories that teach me about grief, most especially those that describe the myriad ways people survive it, as they manage to transcend the most tragic of losses and find meaning in them. I also love to watch and to go to the movies, and once again, my favorite films are those about overcoming loss.

In an earlier article, Grief Observed: Using Movies to Move through Grief, I shared my belief that movies can serve as a valuable tool, because—when selected carefully and intentionally— they can help us get in touch with painful, blocked or pent-up emotions, and help us see our own grief issues from a different perspective.

Before I see a first-run movie, I like to read the reviews to help me decide if it’s worth my time (and money), but occasionally I take a chance and go see a film despite what I’ve read about it, and sometimes I am pleasantly surprised. Here is one of those pleasant surprises:

Voices of Experience: Helen's Christmas Gift

From the heart of Bill Whittaker

My wife, Helen, and Fred Astaire went way back. At least, it seemed that way to me. It started in the 1960s, when Helen moved from Connecticut to Chicago to take a job as a dance instructor at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in the Loop district.

Some twenty years later, Helen and I were in Paris when Fred Astaire died. We got the news on television – French television. Our language challenge was broken when a Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire movie was broadcast in tribute to the deceased dancer.

Now, nearly 20 years after Fred Astaire's death, Helen was dead, too. She had been totally bedridden for the last four years of her life. During that time, we watched a lot of television, a lot of movies. We watched Rogers and Astaire musicals whenever they were broadcast. We liked those movies. They always made us feel good.

Caregiving and Hospice, October 16 - October 22, 2011

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

• Keeping a Wheelchair-bound Loved One Comfortable http://ow.ly/75yP4 MT @CaregiverTweets

• Benefits of palliative care for seriously ill, http://ow.ly/72zwH via @ContinuumHCH @GetPalliative

• Personal stories about people's experience with hospice, http://ow.ly/73Xnq MT @HouHospice

• Jane Gross on the Failings of Medicare - Excellent review, http://ow.ly/74Olk by @geri_doc on @geripalblog 

• Caregiving Dilemma: The Undeserving Parent, nyti.ms/mQrtuO by @nytimeshealth via @emilybarryPR

Caregiving and Hospice, October 9 - October 15, 2011

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

• Nutrition As We Age, ow.ly/6WzVA by @CaringPeopleInc

• Heartwarming! Pets as Caregivers, http://ow.ly/6Xisn via @susanavello

• Beautifully stated observations on end of life care, http://bit.ly/nIkcvK via @StoryForHealing

• The Double Effect of Aid in Dying, http://huff.to/nmxIAU via @EOLnavigator via @huffingtonpost

• Clearest overview of Medicare hospice payment, http://1.usa.gov/r10sty via @ContinuumHCH and @donaldhtaylorjr

Understanding and Managing Grief, June 19 - June 25, 2011

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

• Friend Grief: Giving a Eulogy for Your Friend, http://bit.ly/myW8kx via @friendgrief 

• Getting On With Life – What Does It Mean? by guest blogger Alice Wisler, http://bit.ly/iEAw3h via @Esdeer

• Ten Things Not to Say to Baby Loss Parents, http://ow.ly/5nj0P via @Kristine_Brite

•  Mother Loss: What I Didn’t Expect When Grieving, http://bit.ly/iO9AW8 via @emembrance via @ChelseaHanson

• What I tell my granddaughter about her mother's suicide, http://bit.ly/jc1apt via @globeandmail @afspnational 

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

Understanding and Managing Grief, March 27 - April 2

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

• It All Comes Down to Love, http://bit.ly/NEPHLove by @NEPetHospice via @georgiaslegacy

• Helpful and Unhelpful Ways to Grieve, http://p.ost.im/p/GysaD by @Tabitha_Jayne

• Grief Observed: Using Movies to Move through Grief, http://ow.ly/4rolr RT @Selfhealingexpr

• In Books on Grief: Academic Researcher and Journalist Are Tilting at Windmills, http://bit.ly/gobyNE by @survivegrief

• "Don’t Cry for Me, Daddy," http://wp.me/pVxlX-72 RT @GrievingDads

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, February 27 - March 5

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

• Music for a Grieving Heart: Grief Songs, http://bit.ly/11rtcf

• Keeping grandparents' memory alive for children, http://fb.me/LEHXzG42 via @centeringcorp

• Film Review: Unbearable Grief in Rabbit Hole (2010), http://bit.ly/hWed8P

• Questioning the value of grief counseling, http://bit.ly/evAU63 by Alan Wolfelt, PhD

• Surviving Grief: For Better or Worse? by Ashley Davis Bush, http://bit.ly/ecV5MH

Understanding and Managing Grief, February 20 - February 26

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

• Is This Good News About Grief? http://tinyurl.com/4fdux24 From my.counseling.org via @KSBuckley

• Updated today: Grief Bibliography http://bit.ly/9J8Wa4

• Two Different Worlds: Grief and Depression | World of Psychology http://bit.ly/fkVkvI

• Ten Reasons to Volunteer: Complete How-to, http://ow.ly/41M1t by @LaMuscarella

• Does Death of a Child Really Destroy a Marriage? http://bit.ly/dWHD1D @houstonfunerals