Talking to Kids about Death
by 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...
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Moving Beyond Coping & Surviving As We Mourn and Grieve
by 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...
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Voicing your Grief through Writing
Chaplain 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...
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Grief: Experienced and Defined
By 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...
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Talking with Children and Teens after a School Shooting or other Tragic Events
Chaplain 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...
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Helping Your Grieving Children and Teens
Do 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...
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Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
It’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...
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Grief Theories: What do you mean we don’t follow stages of grief anymore?…
by 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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Talking about Healthy Ways to Process Grief
Today we are talking about healthy ways to process grief. There are so many great podcasts out there. You can listen to be entertained, listen to make your workout go...
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How Are You Bereaved?
by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC A recently bereaved widow spoke of losing her patience after one more person asked her, How Are You? She explained that she is...
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Bakken Young Grief Calendar for January – June 2022
Here are the links from the Grief Calendar Image: Email Julia Rajtar Grief Support Page Main Website Mail...
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Whoopie! Welcoming a New Year With Out My Loved One
by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC People around us move forward in life as if nothing is different, yet for us, everything is different. Everything has changed with the...
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