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General Type of Loss

5 Tips on Learning to Carry Your Grief (PDF)

Grief demands that our emotions and heartache be adequately attended. This resource gives five tips to help you attend to both.

Dispel the Misconceptions About Grief (PDF)
As you journey through the wilderness of your grief you will find a path that feels right for you. However, others, not understanding, may try and pull you off that path. Learn how some common misconceptions about grief and mourning may be the reasons for their misunderstanding.

Helping Yourself Heal When Someone Dies (PDF) 
Someone you love has died. You are beginning a journey that is often frightening, painful, overwhelming, and sometimes lonely.  This article provides practical suggestions to help you move toward healing in your personal grief experience.

Healing Your Traumatized Heart (PDF)
Grief will be complicated by a sudden, traumatic death. This article offers compassionate guidance for coping with your grief.

Miscarriage/Stillbirth/Infant Death

Bereaved Parents Wish List [PDF] - A compilation of things bereaved parents wish others knew about grief.

After a Miscarriage Article (PDF)

He Said She Said (PDF)

Overdose/Substance Related Loss Support

Grief will be complicated by the cause of the overdose death. These articles offers compassionate guidance for coping with your own grief as well as helping others.

Helping Yourself Heal When Someone You Care About Dies of a Drug Overdose

Needs While Grieving an Overdose Death

Feelings of Grief with an Overdose Death

Homicide

This article from Grief.com is appropriate for children, teens, adults and families. It features helpful tips as you navigate conversations, feelings and hopefully find some comfort.

https://grief.com/grief-and-shootings

Grief After Traumatic Loss

Accommodation to Unnatural Death

Helping School Age Children with Traumatic Grief

Talking with Children about Difficult Events on the News-Fred Rogers

Useful Online Articles

What to Say and Do in the Aftermath of Loss

How to Help a Grieving Friend

I Don’t Know Who I Am Anymore

NPR:  Patton Oswalt explains how pop culture gets grieving wrong