Grief Support Group
Monthly // Second Thursday @ 1:30 - 3:00 pm // Next meeting: September 12 // Hospice of the Red River Valley offers a safe and supportive environment for adults to share their experiences with loss and learn ways to heal from one another. This group is for adults 18 years and older who have experienced a loss through death, whether they had hospice services or not.
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Living with grief is hard, we hope this book will help
by Robyn Donaldson
155.9 DONALDSON
Written by two women who experienced loss at a young age, this incredible grieving book will help you navigate any kind of loss, whether it’s the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship or the loss of your job.
Meeting grief and loss in a culture that doesn't understand
by Megan Devine
155.9 DEVINE
When a painful loss or life-shattering event upends your world, here is the first thing to know: there is nothing wrong with grief. “Grief is simply love in its most wild and painful form,” says Megan Devine. “It is a natural and sane response to loss.”
What adults miss, and what they can do to help
by Corinne Masur
155.937 MASUR
A necessary and impactful guide to understanding children's grief from the inside and to guiding children through loss, from the death of a parent and other family members to the loss of friends, pets, and even the family home. Dr. Masur, an award-winning clinical psychologist specializing in grief and mourning, describes how to understand, help, and guide children at each age and stage of development and uses her own childhood experience with loss through empathetic yet clinically informed advice.
Finding hope in rituals of grief and healing
by Amanda Held Opelt
204.42 OPELT
When Amanda Held Opelt suffered a season of loss—including three miscarriages and the unexpected death of her sister, New York Times bestselling writer Rachel Held Evans—she was confronted with sorrow she didn't know to how face. Opelt struggled to process her grief and accept the reality of the pain in the world. She also wrestled with some unexpectedly difficult questions: What does it mean to truly grieve and to grieve well? Why is it so hard to move on? Why didn’t my faith prepare me for this kind of pain? And what am I supposed to do now?
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