Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
Jesse Jackson

Grief and loss can take a terrible toll on the body. We stop eating, we eat too much, we eat empty calories instead of nourishing our bodies. We can’t sleep, we don’t want to get out of bed, all we do is sleep. We can’t bear to leave the house, much less go to the gym, take the dog for a walk or go for a run.

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Learn to deal with the physical impact of grief and begin to heal your body after a devastating loss. We share ideas on how to move, nourish and rejuvenate your body even on your hardest days.

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The Long Path Home

Grief is like a long valley, a winding valley where every bend may reveal a totally new landscape. C.S.Lewis

Picture a Girl: A Piece for Hav

Myra Sack is the author of Fifty-Seven Fridays: Losing Our Daughter Finding Our Way and founder of E-Motion, a nonprofit organization created to support community, movement and ritual to enhance coping and resilience. Myra’s life changed when her older daughter, Havi, was diagnosed with a fatal neurodegenerative disease in December 2019.

The Path Back to Joy

You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings. Elizabeth Gilbert

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Interwoven….Exploring the Intersection of Trauma and Grief

Meghann Crane-Russ, LCSW, PMH-C is a therapist in private practice in California who works with individuals struggling with traumatic grief, medical trauma, parents navigating childhood illness, and bereaved parents. Prior to private practice Meghann was a medical social worker caring for families in hospice, Pediatric Intensive Care Units and Neonatal Intensive Care Units. To learn more about Meghann and […]

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Writing as healing after a loss

The act of writing is a tremendous adventure into the unknown, always fraught with danger. But the deeper you go and the longer you work at your art, the greater will be your treasure. Pat Schneider

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EMDR-XYZ? A Introduction to Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy

Meghann Crane-Russ, LCSW, PMH-C is a therapist in private practice in California who works with individuals struggling with traumatic grief, medical trauma, parents navigating childhood illness, and bereaved parents. Prior to private practice Meghann was a medical social worker caring for families in hospice, Pediatric Intensive Care Units and Neonatal Intensive Care Units.

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