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Crisis, Grief & Healing ^{Top Rated}
Devoted to helping people understand and therefore better be able to deal with their grief, paying attention to the different ways the genders grieve. While Tom is selling some booklets here, he does provide extensive excerpts from them on-line and puts a great deal of work and effort to make these pages useful and helpful. Most touching, however, are the dozens of personal stories placed here, for everyone to read and share. (A dedicated site.)
Preview Website - 19-Jan-2000 - Hits: 6241 - Rate This | Details

Grief Healing
Developed by a certified bereavement counselor, this site offers information, comfort and support to those who are anticipating or mourning the loss of a loved one, whether human or animal. Includes articles on various aspects of loss as well as links to other resources.
Preview Website - 25-Apr-2000 - Hits: 1814 - Rate This | Details

Grieving
This site from the Hospice Foundation of America provides extensive information about the grieving process, including dozens of articles and useful information for anyone going through the grieving process. Articles include:
• Shattering Eight Myths About Grief
• A Year is a Relative Thing
• Facing Sudden Loss
• Guilt and Regret in Prolonged Illness
• Helping a Child Deal with Death
• Eight Myths About Children and Loss
• Reflections on Spiritual Problems in Sudden Loss
• After Caregiving Ends
• Holiday Memories
• Grief and the Holidays
• Am I Losing My Mind?

Preview Website - 4-Mar-2005 - Hits: 1832 - Rate This | Details

Before I Die
This outstanding site is a supplement to the excellent PBS special, "Before I Die." A well-designed and informative site, it discusses personal concerns, issues about death and dying, through a wealth of personal stories, an interactive discussion forum, and thought-provoking essays.
Preview Website - 18-Jan-2000 - Hits: 1068 - Rate This | Details

Beyond Indigo ^{Top Rated}
A strong information and support resource on death and grief topics. Includes an "Ask the Experts" area, a funeral planner, information for widows and widowers, loss of a loved one, near-death experiences, terminal illness and hospice topics, legal issues, and links to other related resources. Major topic areas include: Caregiving and illness, death and the spirit, funerals, grief support, grieving children, healing from loss, and sudden and violent death.
Preview Website - 19-Jan-2000 - Hits: 1567 - Rate This | Details

Center for Loss and Renewal ^{Top Rated}
The Center for Loss and Renewal is a berevement and consultation practice located in NYC. We have presented our workshops at seventeen hospices across the nation. Our site includes a monthly educational column, "On the path from loss to renewal."
Preview Website - 7-Mar-2000 - Hits: 851 - Rate This | Details

Chance's Spot ^{Top Rated}
Chance's Spot is a great pet loss and support site, offering everything from pet tributes that anyone can add, a weekly newsletter, grief resources for grieving pet owners, and a thriving support group.
Preview Website - 16-Nov-2007 - Hits: 29 - Rate This | Details

Change Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
In this quick article, discussion of change in relationships is discussed. How can a person overcome the problems when they leave an old relationship? How can a person recover from the anguish? Find out here.
Preview Website - 29-Mar-2006 - Hits: 1184 - Rate This | Details

Coping with the Loss of a Spouse ^{Top Rated}
Having a spouse die is a horrible, and traumatic event in a person's life. While a person probably never can completely cope with the loss of a spouse, Dr. Martin shows some simple and easy to understand steps that can help.
Preview Website - 29-Mar-2006 - Hits: 785 - Rate This | Details

Death with Dignity ^{Top Rated}
This site provides resources to help cope with the loss of a loved one or prepare for the future. I really liked this site because it has so much useful information for someone who is losing a loved one.
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Does Stress Cause Heart Disease?
Can a person acquire heart disease because of stress? It is true that stress is bad and it is harmful to a persons health in extremes. What damage can stress do? Relax, take a deep breath, and find out here.
Preview Website - 29-Mar-2006 - Hits: 512 - Rate This | Details

Eternal Message Service
Leave confidential private messages for family, friends or business associates to read after you die. Surprise loved ones, give advice, make confessions, teach lessons or say your final goodbye. It's also about peace of mind, passing along what you think is most important in life, and not being forgotten.
Preview Website - 29-Jan-2006 - Hits: 112 - Rate This | Details

GriefNet.org ^{Top Rated}
Excellent site with loads of information and 37 email support groups, room for personal memorial pages, a site for kids support, and a guestbook for posting messages. I have been a volunteer for more than 4 years, after finding them when in great need, and know it's an excellent resource and the support groups are very helpful. The director is Cendra Lynn and her email is Cendra@griefnet.org
Preview Website - 5-Sep-2000 - Hits: 1530 - Rate This | Details

Helping A Child Deal With Death ^{Top Rated}
This article from the Hospice Foundation of America offers six helpful suggestions and tips on how a parent can help their child understand and deal with death or loss in their lives.
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Life, Death, Loss, and Grief-Suport for Hurting Parents
One mother's story of the loss of her identical twin daughters, one at birth and the other eleven years later. Regularly updated with fresh content and links.
Preview Website - 18-Aug-2001 - Hits: 546 - Rate This | Details

Moving Beyond the Loss of an Ability
How can a person handle a loss of an ability? It may be something as eyesight, hearing, or it can be such things as walking, talking and others. What happens when a person loses abilities and how can they best help themselves?
Preview Website - 29-Mar-2006 - Hits: 137 - Rate This | Details

On Our Own Terms: Bereavement Resources
A resource links page from the PBS Series, On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying, to articles and sites related to bereavement and helping children, teens, and adults deal with grief and loss.
Preview Website - 17-Sep-2001 - Hits: 655 - Rate This | Details

Pet Loss ^{Top Rated}
A page devoted to grief issues surrounding the loss of one's pet. Pet Loss Support and Offering a "cybershoulder" for pet lovers grieving over the death of a pet, a dying pet, sick pet, or lost pet. Chats and blogs are included.
Preview Website - 5-Feb-2000 - Hits: 503 - Rate This | Details

Sadly Missed.com
When our loved ones pass away all we have left are our cherished memories of their lives. At Sadly Missed.com we believe that those memories are valuable and something to enjoy and share with others. Through creating a memorial web site to your dear departed you are not only creating a lasting record of their life, you are also giving your friends and family the opportunity to remember them as they were.
Preview Website - 28-Oct-2005 - Hits: 618 - Rate This | Details

SPARC State Resource Manager
The SPARC (Separated Parent and Resource Center) State Resource Manager gathers information based on your State. Just click on the map to generate a list of all State-specific resources available from SPARC.
Preview Website - 26-Dec-2005 - Hits: 72 - Rate This | Details

Talking to Your Child About the Loss of a Loved One ^{Top Rated}
A series of articles written for family and parents trying to understand how to best talk to their children about the loss or death of someone close to them. The articles explain how children should be approached about death, whether they should attend the funeral, and how you should approach the topic when talking to them based upon their age and individual needs.
Preview Website - 16-Nov-2005 - Hits: 197 - Rate This | Details

The Three V’s of Good Friendship: Supporting Your Friend Through Illness an
This article from the Hospice Foundation of America describes how a friend or family member can help someone who's experienced loss through their difficult time. The three V's are: Venture, validate, volunteer, and the article offers helpful examples.
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Tips for Better Managing Your Stress
There has to be a better way. Stewing around in life, upset because things did not turn out the way they were supposed to is not the best way to deal with your life. You deserve better. Do you want to learn how to manage your stress better? You do? Click on this article, and find out how.
Preview Website - 29-Mar-2006 - Hits: 266 - Rate This | Details

Trauma Grief & Recovery
An article entitled, "Terrorism: September 11, 2001 Trauma Grief and Recovery," written by Kathleen Nader, D.S.W.
Preview Website - 2-Sep-2003 - Hits: 498 - Rate This | Details

WidowNet ^{Top Rated}
Thank you for visiting WidowNet, an information and self-help resource for, and by, widows and widowers. Topics covered include grief, bereavement, recovery, and other information helpful to people, of all ages, religious backgrounds and sexual orientations, who have suffered the death of a spouse or life partner.
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