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Mother’s Day grief: The pain when someone’s missing

Mother's Day can be an emotional challenge for the bereaved. Time for a day to acknowledge those who are grieving? – asks psychotherapist Annie Broadbent

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#Photogrief: grief in the digital age

A creative way to express your grief

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Mother Daughter Life: A grief photography collection

After her mother’s death, Eleanor Haley was inspired to take photographs to channel her grief

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When grief gets complicated

Grieving someone’s death is different for everyone. So what are the signs that someone may be struggling to cope, or move on?

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With the End in Mind

Dr Kathryn Mannix has drawn on end of life conversations with the dying to inspire us to become more familiar with – and less afraid of – death

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Dear Annie: Acknowledging sympathy messages

Is it polite to acknowledge condolence cards with a reply? Grief psychotherapist Annie Broadbent on the etiquette of sympathy gestures

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10 funeral poems for Grandma

Comforting and uplifting poems to read at a grandmother's funeral

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The Grieving process: The top theories on understanding grief

From the Five Stages to the six Rs: A look at the best known ‘grief models’ identified by therapists to help people journeying through grief

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Teen Grief: 8 ways to support teenagers through bereavement

Understanding how teens grieve and supporting a young person when a parent dies

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Gospel funeral songs

15 of the best gospel funeral songs and gospel worship songs for saying farewell

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There's a word for emotional overeating – Kummerspeck

Literally translated as ‘grief-bacon’ kummerspeck is the German way of describing emotional overeating after bereavement

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What is Swedish death cleaning?

Döstädning, or Swedish death cleaning, is a surprisingly life-affirming way of focusing on the things that matter to us most

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Bible Readings for funerals

New Testament verses, Old Testament scripture and Psalms from the Bible for a funeral, memorial, or eulogy

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5 grief apps for the bereaved

5 apps that may be helpful when you are grieving the death of a loved one

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Dear Annie: Friendship, cancer and a ‘new normal’

Bereavement psychotherapist Annie Broadbent on friendship, unspoken fears and making cancer a part of the conversation

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