All Pages
Sort by:
Youth Suicide: How You Can Help the Survivors
By Florence Isaacs Q. What can you say or do when there’s a suicide in someone’s family? My cousin’s 21-year-old son killed himself, and she and her husband are inconsolable. What can I possibly s... Read More »
Tagged: help, how, say, to, , child, suicide, teens,
Planning a Memorial Service after a Suicide
By Sarah York There are few people whose lives have not been touched by suicide. The first time I conducted a memorial for a person who chose death, I became aware of how important it is to name t... Read More »
Tagged: suicide, sarah york, funeral, memorial service, remembering well
The Grief of Sibling Survivors
By Michelle Linn-Gust 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 pa... Read More »
Tagged: understanding grief, living with loss, suicide survivors, Michelle Linn-Gust, grief recovery
When You Fear Someone May Take Their Life
From the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Most suicidal people give some warning of their intentions. The most effective way to prevent a friend or loved one from taking their life is to... Read More »
Tagged: suicide prevention, what to do, suicide survivors, suicide, afsp
Why Did This Happen?
From the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Many survivors struggle to understand the reasons for the suicide, asking themselves over and over again: “Why?” Many replay their loved ones’ ... Read More »
Tagged: grief recovery, understanding grief, suicide survivors, suicide, afsp
What Do I Do Now?
From the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention It’s important to remember that you can survive the pain. There may be times when you don’t think it’s possible, but it is. Here is some guidan... Read More »
Tagged: grief recovery, what to do, understanding grief, suicide survivors, suicide
Running Through the Pain
Suzy Favor-Hamilton, Survivor and Olympian By Michelle Linn-Gust, Ph.D. To the majority of viewers who watched the Olympic Games coverage from Sydney, Australia, Suzy Favor-Hamilton was simply th... Read More »
Tagged: suicide, brother, sister, suicide survivors, staying healthy
Military Kids: Responding to Their Grief
By Helen Fitzgerald, CT To fully understand what children go through when a parent is assigned to a war zone, we need to look at the nature of grief. Grief is experienced not only when a loved on... Read More »
Tagged: loss of a parent, grief, helen fitzgerald, loss, american hospice foundation
What About All These Mysterious Things That Have Been Happening Since the Death?
By Elizabeth Harper Neeld, Ph.D. Mystery. There were mysterious happenings. One day while sitting in a fifth-floor office at my publisher’s, editing a chapter of the book, I saw for the first tim... Read More »
Tagged: elizabeth harper neeld, signs from the other side, spiritual, messages from beyond, afterlife
How Can We Hope When There Is No Hope?
By Elizabeth Harper Neeld, Ph.D. The poet and writer Raymond Carver, told at age 50 that he would soon die of cancer, illustrates hope when he asked himself in one of his final poems if he had ... Read More »
Tagged: illness and grief, cancer, losing a parent, living with loss, understanding grief
RSS Feed – Subscribe to these pages
LegacyConnect Badge
Spread the word. Get your own LegacyConnect badge for your website or MySpace page. (Get Code)
© 2009 Created by Legacy.com
