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Participate in a Research Study
If you have experienced the death of a loved one in the past ten years and are over eighteen years old, we invite you to participate in a brief online study of the ways that individuals make sense of and find meaning in loss. All participants will be entered in a raffle to win one of two $50 gift certificates to Amazon.com.
Your participation will contribute to a better understanding of grief and loss. The researchers, Dr. Brian Vandenberg, and Rachel Hibberd, are most grateful for your time and help in completing the study. If you have any questions, please e-mail rhibberd@umsl.edu. The study has been approved by the Institutional Review board of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Click here to participate:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2DTKDZ9
Book Corner
A year after her death, Ian and his 10-year-old daughter, Mattie, are still reeling from the loss of wife and mother, Kate, who succumbed after a long, drawn-out battle with cancer. On Ian’s birthday, he opens the letter Kate gave him right before she died… Shors’ fourth novel is a moving, emotional story about coping and coming to terms with loss. Anyone who has lost a loved one will relate to this poignant novel. --Hilary Hatton
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Funeral Wreaths
These can be dark times when loss strikes. So dark that you may have forgotten about the spirit of overcoming that you've called upon many times. When the unbelievable happens, it takes time and strength to recover your old self who meets challenges and finds a way to cope.
This article summarizes the five steps for going from loss to laughter. Those steps are: losing, learning, letting go, living, and laughing.
Currently I'm enthralled by the British series Merlin, which tells the tale of the great wizard as a young boy. Watching the first series I realised there is a powerful example of how merely surviving loss can continue to cause harm.
Do you feel the shift in the energy of this year? The old ways of doing things are constantly shifting. I have thrown away my five year plan. We are awakening and we are grieving the loss of our lives, our plans, our expectations and layers of the life we thought we were going to live.
In therapy, either with a psychotherapist or psychologist, working through grief and loss is critical to the health of a person or couple. Entering therapy or counselling at these moments can be difficult, but it may be essential to begin a journey toward healing.
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