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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Inflation and Pre-Planning Your Funeral
How do inflation and pre-planning your funeral fit together? You can’t have a conversation or watch news these days without a mention of the rising prices. The cost of gasoline to...
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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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Grief Doesn’t Leave
Grief doesn’t leave. If you are in the midst of grief you may be desperate for the pain to subside. Or you may feel as though you subconsciously do not...
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Grief, Trauma and Gut Health
Grief, trauma and gut health are all connected. At some point in life we all experience some sort of trauma. The death of a loved one is just one example...
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Grieving As A Single Parent
Grieving as a single parent…..We all experience loss at some point in life. Loss doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t matter if you have already been struggling in life. Grief and loss...
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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...
READ MOREIan McLagan 01/17/2022
Ian McLagan of River Falls, WI died on Monday, January 17, 2022 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Arrangements are pending with Bakken-Young Funeral & Cremation...
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4 Recent Ted Talks For the Grieving
If you’re a fan of Ted Talks, they can be a great way to hear other people’s perspective on whatever they’re going through. Today we will look at four recent...
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Don’t Talk Me Out Of My Pain
Knowing a loved one is in pain is hard. Many of us want to solve their problems for them or tell them what they should do to no longer be...
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