The AfterlifeMental Health Resource
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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.
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Book Corner
About Grief: Insights, Setbacks, Grace Notes, Taboos [Hardcover]
About Grief is a refreshingly down-to-earth book about an issue that blindsides many people. Written in a warm and conversational way that is, at times, deeply moving, at times, surprisingly amusing, and always practical, it covers a wide range of issues facing people in grief. Marasco and Shuff have done the footwork for readers who wish to know more about this complex subject. Using a variety of sources, including books, films, music and many hours spent talking with people in grief, the authors distill their candid insights into a series of short, single-topic-essays that can be easily digested in one sitting--a format they found grieving people preferred. This is not a book written by clinicians, so there's no cold jargon. It's not a memoir of one individual's grief, so it has something for everyone. And it's not a self-peddling inspirational book. It's a wise, plain-spoken, comforting book about an intimidating topic. As one reader recently said of About Grief: "Reading this book is like having a smart, entertaining friend around--at a time when you really need one."
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Funeral Wreaths
The Afterlife
One of the times that sums up God to me is this: I am walking my 6 year old son up the road to school. He places his chubby little, puppy warm hand in mine and talks to me about Firemen and Lego emergency vehicles. He chuckles as he sees a friend up ahead and they swap stories about what cereal they had for breakfast and who's had toast as if it was the most fun you could have in the world. Directions to Heaven.
This is a wonderful image. Entering a field clear of the tall-timbered forest is analogous for the sort of delivery we experience when we suddenly find ourselves not anxious or depressed anymore. Somehow we made it through to the other side. Suddenly we no longer tremble in the sort of fear, helplessness or hopelessness we used to.
After hosting a variety of shows on Grief Transformation, several people wrote to me about rituals in other cultural settings. I was curious to explore how people honor deceased loved ones around the world and how many believe in an afterlife. This article contains a list of a variety of religions and cultures and traditions.
We often hear of rituals and grief groups and counseling as ways to help heal grief. Here are 4 less common ideas for helping to heal from grief and loss.
Subtle and not so subtle directions to you, the bereaved From comments directed to you personally, to not so subtle messages from the media, you are familiar with the notion that after a death, closure is important. As a bereaved person, you are familiar with messages, both overt and covert, which direct you to "get on with it", that is, get your grief and mourning behind you and get on with your life. In other words, "get closure"!
[King David said], But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.
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What is Prayer and why do we pray? Prayer is focused energy. Developing a healthy prayer life is part of the dedication that is required for the journey on the spiritual path. Prayer can take many forms—formal, informal, casual, elegant, spoken, silent. All are acceptable, and all are heard. There is no right way to pray. However, some prayers can be extremely powerful. If it comes from the heart, and you understand the laws of energy, prayer can be truly miraculous.
My father recently had a heart attack. I've known for a long time that this might happen, because every man in my family has had a heart attack in his mid fifties. But because of my father's healthy lifestyle I thought he might dodge that bullet. Apparently, that is not the case. And, being the oldest of his sons, I am the next in line to experience the family tradition of heart disease. So, his experience has brought my own inevitable mortality to the forefront of my mind.
A long time ago, I sat in a chapel and prayed for my mother-in-law to live. She had a massive heart attack only hours before. I was pregnant with my son and wanted her to be here to help raise him. I prayed with all my heart for God to let her live. I believe now, that I was praying for the wrong thing.
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