Grow with Your Grief
by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC In a grief group, a bereaved woman frequently asked, “How long does grief last?” As the group facilitator, I felt my anxiety increase, as...
READ MOREby Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC In a grief group, a bereaved woman frequently asked, “How long does grief last?” As the group facilitator, I felt my anxiety increase, as...
READ MOREby Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC As much as I wanted the world to stand still while I was grieving, I discovered that it did not. Like time, people kept...
READ MOREby Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC During the pandemic, the gathering ritual of a funeral, celebration of life, or service of remembrance was suspended for the safety and well-being...
READ MOREby Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC It’s that time of the year again when we begin wondering who will make the turkey, or who will host the holiday, how will...
READ MOREby Julia Rajtar, M.A.P.S., BCC A 4-year-old boy kept asking his parents when grandpa was returning to play with him. Every day, the boy was playing outside the house...
READ MOREby Julia Rajtar, M.A.P.S., BCC After a loss, how do you move beyond coping and surviving to being transformed and thriving? Ben Wolfe, M.Ed., L.I.C.S.W., FT, and a presenter...
READ MOREChaplain Julia Rajtar, BCC, MAPS When was the last time you wrote a letter? Writing a letter to your deceased loved one, is one way bereaved have found valuable...
READ MOREBy Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC “I miss my parents so much. I miss talking with them, seeking their guidance, I miss our Tuesday night dinners, and each...
READ MOREChaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC with Resources from the Dougy Center An occurrence that has become way too frequent in our society is the reality of death by gunshot...
READ MOREDo you struggle with knowing how to help your grieving children or teens? Are there questions you would like to ask a professional? The upcoming grief event held by Bakken...
READ MOREIt’s already started, the tv commercials to remember your mom on mother’s day, or the ads on line or in the paper, or the Facebook photo reminders of a year...
READ MOREby Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC How do we make sense of the nature of grief and our reactions to it? When Elizabeth Kubler-Ross developed her work on stages of...
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