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How do grief, stress, and trauma affect our bodies, brains, and emotions? Jill shares some easy to implement mindfulness suggestions for bot...
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Jana is joined by Dougy Center staff member, Heather Dorfman, to talk about what helps (or might help) in grief, outside the realm of more f...
Whether it is a murder, murder-suicide, or a being killed by a driver under the influence, violent death adds multiple layers of complexity ...
How do we talk with the youngest children about death? What words should we use? Can they even understand?
The public and often sensationalized nature of a murder-suicide can overshadow the heartbreak and grief of those left behind. In this episod...
When someone dies, it creates upheaval in the support system, leading to unfamiliar territory in terms of how to help those with different p...
After a death, it’s not unusual for children to have an increased sense of fear and anxiety. (It’s not unusual in adults, either.) When bad ...
Grief affects our connections with others in many ways. Loss can foster a greater closeness with family and friends and it can also wreak ha...
Most of us don’t know what to say or do, so we go turn to what we’ve heard others say in a similar situation, “I’m sorry for your loss.” Whi...
“How do I tell my child about the death?” This is the most common question we receive at The Dougy Center. Someone has died, leaving parents...
We discuss some of the current mythology surrounding grief timelines and demystify the idea that there is a recipe for grieving or one right...