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Coping With Grief

Grief, mourning, and bereavement. We all experience it but when a loss actually happens, few know how to feel or what to do to help cope. Grieving a loss can be a confusing and complicated time in life. Some of the most difficult aspects of grief is the feeling that there is a “right” way to grieve or an amount of time that is “appropriate” to grieve. The truth is, the process can be different between people and can even be different for different losses. Below are a few things to keep in mind to help you cope with your loss.

7 Ways to Deal with Difficult Family Gatherings

Picnics, vacations, day trips. The summer is a time that a lot of families get together and it sounds fun at first but can quickly turn into a nightmare. You can’t change the people in your family and even if you could, whenever you get any group of people together that have known each other for so long, there is going to be friction. Here are a few tips to help you deal with those people you find most difficult.