Surviving Grief: David Kessler – www.cyacyl.com David Kessler is one of the most well-known experts and lecturers on grief and loss. He co-authored two bestsellers with the legendary Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: On Grief and Grieving and Life Lessons. (David was honored to have been at Elisabeth’s bedside during her passing.) His first book, The Needs of the Dying, a #1 best-selling hospice book, received praise by Mother Teresa. His services have been used by Elizabeth Taylor, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Marianne Williamson when their loved ones faced life-challenging illnesses. He also worked with late actors Anthony Perkins and Michael Landon. He is a featured Grief and Loss expert for Oprah.com and AOL Health. His work has been featured on CNN, NBC, PBS, and Entertainment Tonight; and he has been interviewed on Oprah & Friends. He has been discussed in the New York Times; and has written for the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Wall Street Journal, and Anderson Cooper 360°. David’s newest book is Visions, Trips and Crowded Rooms.

 

Bullshit National Grieving

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If I don't grab the hand of a sinking man whom I could have reached, then I can't grieve his drowning. If you don't feed the hungry woman from your stocked pantry, then you can't grieve her starvation. If we don't take tools away from the demented that …
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Town United by Grief Searches for Answers

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I can only hope that it helps for you to know, that you're not alone in your grief. That our world, too, has been torn apart," Mr. Obama said at an emotional interfaith prayer service Sunday evening. "Newtown, you are not alone." Before the speech, the …
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Framingham center helps Conn. mourn Newtown

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Overcome by grief at what had happened the week before 20 miles up the road in Newtown, she hadn't done much other than cry, most of the time with her 3-year-old son by her side. "She still hadn't sent him back to preschool," said … Schreiber …
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