Handling the Holidays, Surviving Special Occasions

Holidays, birthdays and anniversaries are often joyous, but can be bittersweet, lonely or sad when someone you love has died. If you've lost someone close to you, LegacyConnect has experts and other resources to help you cope during holiday seasons and throughout the year.

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By Dr. Therese Rando, psychologist and author
• Handling the Holidays
• Learning to Live Healthily with Your Loss

From the Center for Grief Recovery
• Managing the Holidays
• Comfort Quickies: Self Care While Grieving

By Russell Friedman & John W. James, authors and co-founders of The Grief Recovery Institute
• Keeping Busy: Exhausting and Not Emotionally Helpful

By Sarah York, minister and author
• The Seasons of Grief

By Deborah Morris Coryell, author
• Faith

By Marta Felber, widow and author
• So Let Us Celebrate

By Robbie Miller Kaplan, author
• Grieving Loss During the Holidays

By Kirsti A. Dyer, MD
• Suggestions for Dealing with the Holiday Blues

From Helen Fitzgerald and the American Hospice Foundation
• You Know You're Getting Better When...

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