by Michelle Meltzer | Mar 2, 2018 |
Sibling Grief:Survivors of Suicide Loss Sibling survivors are often called the forgotten mourners. When a sibling dies, those siblings left behind, no matter their ages, are considered secondary mourners to the parents and/or if the sibling who died had a spouse and...
by Michelle Meltzer | Mar 1, 2018 |
Grief After Traumatic Loss Recently a reader emailed us and asked if we’d write a post about grieving a violent death. She’d been looking around the Internet for resources and information on the topic and had noticed the literature was a little...
by Michelle Meltzer | Mar 1, 2018 |
TED Talk: Everything around them is still there, dealing with sudden loss In 2010 Marieke Poelmann, 22 at the time, suddenly lost her parents as a result of a plane crash. It took her several years to see that bad things in life do not necessarily have to define you....
by Michelle Meltzer | Mar 1, 2018 |
What’s a Widower to Do? I dragged my eyes through the words, which all seemed to make sense, until the bit about me: Relationship To Deceased; and then there was a word I couldn’t make out. It should have said Husband, but I couldn’t make the...
by Michelle Meltzer | Mar 1, 2018 |
Types of Grief and Loss It’s important to know that everyone grieves in unique ways and it’s okay if your grief is different than those around you. At times you may even be unaware that you are grieving or that you’ve experienced a loss that deserves to be...
