Helping Yourself Heal
When Your Child Dies
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
Allow Yourself to Mourn
Your child has died. You are now faced with the difficult, but important, need to mourn. Mourning is the open expression of your thoughts and feelings regarding the death of your child. It is an essential part of healing.
With the death of your [...]

The Journey Through Grief:
The Mourner’s Six “Reconciliation Needs”
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
The death of someone loved changes our lives forever. And the movement from the “before” to the “after” is almost always a long, painful journey. From my own experiences with loss as well as those of the thousands of grieving people I have worked [...]

Marisue says:  “This has to be one of the worst things anyone can experience.  I hope this information will help.  I will continue to research this topic and add those findings and my own writings to my website.”   
Helping a Homicide Survivor Heal
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. 
A friend has experienced the sudden, violent death of someone [...]

Marisue says:  “This is a must read if you have family members or friends in grief.  If you are in grief, give this to others so they can understand.”  
The Mourner’s Bill of Rights
by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
Though you should reach out to others as you do the work of mourning, you should not feel obligated to [...]

“Some of us have a mountain to climb that others around us don’t even have a clue about how to handle.  If they want to help, they don’t know how, which can cause them instead, to do nothing.  Helplessness makes us angry.  Grief can overpower us with anger.  We’ve got to put the brakes on, and [...]

“Technically, there are two types of grief groups. Informational and support groups are for individuals who have an interest in the grief process. The purpose of these groups is to promote grief education and awareness. It covers the grief process in a more academic fashion.”
The second type of grief group is a process and personal [...]

by Marisue Alsobrook 
Anger problems are something we all have sooner or later.  Life is tough and tempers can flare easily when something happens that causes us pain.  The other side of anger is a light, airy place.  It’s full of peace, harmony, respect, happiness, and caring.  It’s where we all want to be.  You may [...]