Empathetic Listening to Grieving Loved Ones
All of us who grieve long to have someone to talk to who is skilled at empathetic listening. What is empathetic listening you ask? An empathetic listener is someone who...
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Express Grief Through Poetry
There is something about music or poetry that expresses feelings that we struggle to put words to. Grief reaches into the deep places in us and hides there. Sometimes it...
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Art for Grief Support in Children
Grief and loss is a different experience for everyone. When talking about grief in children it can present itself in a variety of ways. The age of the child can...
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Universality and Grief Healing
Feeling Alone in Healing Grief Grief healing can be a very lonely place. One of the most dangerous things to get caught up in when trying to heal grief is...
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Tips for Creating Your Own Grief Retreat
Have you ever wanted to just get away? Finding yourself stuck in grief? Maybe a lot of time has passed since a loved one died but you are still...
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Grieving and Alone Vs. Alone in Grief
Being alone and grieving is different than being alone in your grief. How do you know the difference? Determining when being alone during a period of grief is healthy or...
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5 Helpful Podcasts for Grief Support
Many services that were readily available to us have been taken away during the pandemic because they are not deemed “essential”. One of those things has been in person therapy...
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Why do you keep talking to a dead person? Continuing Bonds…
by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC “My loved one died a year ago, and I still say goodnight to their photo.” “I find myself being a cemetery person, since my...
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Communal Grief in Unprecedented Times
We are living in a time right now that will be written down in history books for future generations to look back on. From a global pandemic to rioting, protesting...
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Grieve the Ripple Effects and Losses of the Corona-virus
by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC Since March I have been working from home because of this disease. When it became time, I packed up the office, choosing those things...
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Bakken-Young Grief Support during Covid 19 Virus
by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC Following the guidance of the CDC and the Wisconsin Department of Health, we are eliminating in- person groups, whether it is the Coffees...
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When to Take a Personal Day to Deal with Grief
Noun; Personal Day. According to the dictionary a personal day is defined as a paid or unpaid day of leave from work for reasons other than illness or vacation, take...
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