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Grief & Loss

“Transitioning from passive mourning to active remembering is key to building resilience after loss.”

By Allison Gilbert
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Health, Illness & Injury

“The moral of my journey is that you have to feel your pain to grow from it.”

By Julia Stubstad
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Grief & Loss

“When you go through a really hard time there are things that you can learn. And they make you stronger.”

By Gabrielle Reece
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Grief & Loss

"I remember what it is like to feel as if I am drowning. But I also realize that I am capable of kicking back to the surface."

By Catherine Jones
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Grief & Loss

“What you’re seeing is a woman who has accepted all of herself: wounds, scars, the failures, the triumphs, all of it.”

By Bozoma Saint John
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Health, Illness & Injury

Finding new appreciation for Mother's Day after illness

By Jennifer Holmstoen Lee
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Health, Illness & Injury

“We are not defined by what happens to us, but by how we choose to respond.”

By Turia Pitt
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Raising Resilient Kids

“We decided he would be a boy with Type 1 diabetes, not a diabetic.”

By Monique Greene
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Incarceration

"I remain committed to defining my own future rather than allowing it to be" defined for me.

By Christopher Poulos
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Abuse & Sexual Assault

“Today, I am not a victim. I am a thriving survivor. But I know that I will be recovering for the rest of my life.”

By Lauren Book
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Divorce & Family Challenges

“I am still terrified of the future, but I am a strong woman and I'll figure it out as I always do.”

By MJ Ricaurte
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Grief & Loss

“Someone is always going to have an opinion. It's up to you to acknowledge or ignore these opinions.”

By Kreithchele Barnard
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Grief & Loss

"In a way, this past year has felt more isolating than my first year as a member of the 'Dead Mom Club.'"

By Cassie Glenn
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Grief & Loss

“There will never be a day, a memory, or a moment as revered as picking March flowers in February with my dad.”

By April Butler
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Grief & Loss

"There was no making this better. Neither of us wanted that."

By Paula Morris
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Incarceration

“I worked hard to push past the feelings of anxiety and fear that threatened to overwhelm me.”

By Joel Williams
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Grief & Loss

“The worst part is not mourning the loss of what you did have, but mourning the loss of what you were supposed to have.”

By Katy Dawson
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Grief & Loss

“I would find myself living a life with the unexplainable pain of an amputated heart.”

By Catherine Hand
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Health, Illness & Injury

The New Year is a time for hope, even after tragedy

By Gabby Giffords & Mark Kelly
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Health, Illness & Injury

“What would you do if you knew that tomorrow you would no longer be healthy?”

By PAULA ALVES
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Health, Illness & Injury

“The attitude we bring to the table, our coping ability, and our future, is completely within our control.”

By Mamta Shah
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Grief & Loss

“Taking action to put good into the world after suffering so much pain was one small way we began our healing process.”

By Alissa Parker
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Grief & Loss

“I don’t believe grief ever goes away; it simply changes shape over time.”

By Jen Spencer Reid
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Health, Illness & Injury

Remembering with my mom, through her Alzheimer’s

By Heather Oglesby
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Grief & Loss

“There is both a harsh reality and a profound wisdom in accepting that some losses cannot be explained or redeemed.”

By Rachel Roth
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Grief & Loss

“The biggest lesson I’ve learned thus far is to wake up each day and show up and be present.”

By Tricia Halbert
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Grief & Loss

“She's always going to be in our memory. She's always going to be in our hearts.”

By Kyrie Irving, as told to The Shared Grief Project
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Grief & Loss

"My mother was a remarkable woman. She was a fighter and hard worker and never complained about being tired or not feeling well."

By Joann Falciani
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Divorce & Family Challenges

“She just sat there and listened—and that meant a lot.”

By Leticia Velilla
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Grief & Loss

“As an artist, I looked for creative opportunities to celebrate and commune with his memory even more.”

By Jennifer Orkin Lewis
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Personal selfishness is remembering that your needs are just as important as everyone else's.”

By Teigan Jane
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Grief & Loss

“I will keep breathing in and letting out—strongly, deeply. For him. Grief is something to love.”

By Kristin Loberg
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Grief & Loss

“Nothing compares to the comfort and care of someone who has been there.”

By Heidi Cinader
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Grief & Loss

“Our pain links us to one another, inspiring compassion and reminding us that we are never alone.”

By Suzanne Guillette
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Grief & Loss

“Trouble was created by an innocent child who had experienced profound loss.”

By Sheila Duncan
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Divorce & Family Challenges

Redefining Father’s Day after my husband’s arrest

By Kristen Boulard
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Health, Illness & Injury

“My grandma told me that once I shake someone’s hand, my disability goes away.”

By Kyle Maynard
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Grief & Loss

Paying homage to my dad on Father’s Day

By Abby Fabiaschi
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Resilience

“It takes time, determination, and the effort to reinvent yourself. You will change; it’s inevitable.”

By Bobbi Huffman
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Grief & Loss

“Maria has always had a special place in our family and she always will.”

By Laura Gould Crandall
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Grief & Loss

“Dear Rebecca and Casey, love really is as boundless as the sky.”

By Nancy Sharp
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Grief & Loss

"Resilience is found when you overcome the ego and let go, surrendering to a greater plan."

By Alison Fiorini
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Grief & Loss

“Just like maintaining your body weight, maintaining your grief weight is always a work in progress.”

By Steve Caldwell
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Abuse & Sexual Assault

“I’ve got nothing to lose in trying to live the biggest life I can.”

By Kathy Andersen
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Grief & Loss

“I’ve come to realize that our time and the time we have with others are limited. We don’t have a choice.”

By Antonietta Gutierrez
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Resilience

"It was in these seemingly small breakthroughs and tiny glimpses of progress that my hope and faith began to be restored."

By Rebecca Galli
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Resilience

“It shouldn’t matter whether you’re a boy or a girl—you are a human being.”

By Cynthia Muhonja
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Grief & Loss

Spending the first Father’s Day without my dad

By Matt Scott
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Grief & Loss

“It makes me feel great that my girls witnessed my resilience, and saw me build something for myself.”

By Stacy Feintuch
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Grief & Loss

“In only 14 years, my mom taught me everything I need to know for my life.”

By Wiebke Frömchen
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Grief & Loss

“We’ve turned the typical bucket list into a “f*cket list” and do things we would’ve otherwise passed on before.”

By Jason Fiorotto
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Grief & Loss

"If there was ever a reason why Zach died, maybe this is it: to show me that I can live in a way that is completely vulnerable."

By Jacob Yurich
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Divorce & Family Challenges

“If I didn’t pull this off, my family was gone. So I gave it everything I had.”

By Vernon Turner
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Grief & Loss

“I’d always been the moon to my mom’s bright shining sun. How do you live without the sun?”

By Christa Fletcher
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Health, Illness & Injury

"I wasn’t afraid of my pain anymore, and that newfound courage permeated every facet of my life."

By Stefan Weiner
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Grief & Loss

“She is more capable than she ever imagined she could be. She is a survivor.”

By Jill Goldstein
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Health, Illness & Injury

“I took a deep breath and did not harm myself that night. Running saved my life.”

By Jackson K
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Divorce & Family Challenges

“I decided to give the man I still loved so deeply an ultimatum: get help or the children and I will leave.”

By Sharon Pereira
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Grief & Loss

"I look back and wonder how I survived knowing that he was dying. It was unstoppable."

By Christina Rasmussen
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Happiness is not something given to you or earned; it is something you decide.”

By Jennifer Hahne
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Grief & Loss

“I found we were now part of a sisterhood of sorrow, and were able to provide support to each other.”

By Bonnie Carroll
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Divorce & Family Challenges

"Grief has overstayed his visit. I am done living in the dirt."

By Stephanie Sarazin
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Grief & Loss

"Sadness is still there. Yet I know now I can keep moving forward. I have survived the worst of worst years."

By Shona Johnston
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Resilience

“I believed that I could do anything, no matter how preposterous it seemed.”

By Stephen Thompson
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Grief & Loss

“I am a motherless daughter, now fatherless too, but I am not without heart and resilience and grit.”

By Valeria Palmertree
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Grief & Loss

“How was it possible to go on with your life after losing all that you had known and loved?”

By Jacqueline Jules
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Grief & Loss

How to conquer loneliness during the holidays

By Patton Oswalt
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Grief & Loss

“To me, my mother defines resilience. She had such strong faith and was a very giving and positive person.”

By Mary Barra
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Divorce & Family Challenges

“It was a serendipitous moment of clarity that seemed to break through the pillar of strength I had created.”

By Kelsey Leighton
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Grief & Loss

“Hilaria Baldwin: Why I Shared My Miscarriage in Real Time”

By Hilaria Baldwin
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Grief & Loss

“What I do know is that her death has taught me how I want to live—with joy, gratitude, adventure, and hope.”

By Becca Bernstein
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Health, Illness & Injury

“The most important thing I’ve learned about depression is to just keep going, no matter how hard it seems.”

By Dior Vargas
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Grief & Loss

“Coping with grief is awful enough without adding the worry that your career has been derailed.”

By Amy Rowland
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Grief & Loss

“Grief is a long path, and I want to live it in peace for myself, my loved ones, and for my father's soul.”

By Daniela Felletti
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Resiliency is not about how you bounce back from a single event; it is how you respond to the challenges that life presents.”

By Ila Eckhoff
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Resilience

Giving back to survivors of natural disasters

By Chanell Alaniz
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Resilience

Finding hope in community during a hurricane

By Karthik Rajan
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Abuse & Sexual Assault

“Eventually, I reached the point of no return. I was emotionally exhausted and I knew I couldn’t continue this way.”

By Angela D.
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Grief & Loss

“Even though I expected it, you can never prepare yourself for when it happens.”

By Charles DePalo
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Grief & Loss

"We grieve because we love. How lucky we are to have experienced that love."

By Jahanvi Sardana
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Grief & Loss

“Diving into the wave voids the tumble of the crashing wave itself.”

By Tracey Blackburn
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Grief & Loss

Paying tribute to my lost son on Mother’s Day

By Robert Mehnert
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Resilience

Creating a new normal after 9/11

By Denise Olsen
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Raising Resilient Kids

But you never let the heavy load you were carrying crush you. Instead every day you grew stronger. Every day brave and resilient.

By Sandra Began
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Grief & Loss

“Grief is a process. Grief is a path an individual navigates at their own pace.”

By Dan Diaz
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Resilience

“If words and action can foster my healing, they can transform others as well.”

By Caryn Sullivan
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Grief & Loss

Becoming a mother, after losing mine

By Sarah Rasheed
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Be kind; everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle”

By Kevin Johns
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Battle scars make you realize how precious and valuable life really is.“

By Terry Healey
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Grief & Loss

“Each day that I get out of bed, smile, and laugh with my family is a true gift that I don't take lightly.”

By Karen Peloquin
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Abuse & Sexual Assault

“As much as I hated the thought, I had become my father.”

By Sharon King
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Grief & Loss

“As I got better, I started to feel that it was time to give back.”

By Mariane Maciel
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Art helps me go to safe places.”

By Clyde R. Horn
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Resilience

“I wasn't going to break or die or disappear. I was stronger than I knew.”

By Rachel Spielman
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Divorce & Family Challenges

“Allow yourself to feel everything you’re feeling right now. Let the hurt move through you. Then you can move on.”

By Shane Snow
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Health, Illness & Injury

“Accepting, not resisting ourselves and our experiences, actually allows for the release in the present moment.”

By Corinne Marie
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Grief & Loss

“I have learned a lot of lessons that I wish that I knew when I was twelve.”

By Todd Arky
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Building Resilience: How to Make Stress Your Friend VIDEO – Option B

Psychologist Kelly McGonigal outlines how we can build resilience by connecting with and caring for other people during times of stress.

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Jack Saul on Overcoming Trauma and Building Resilience – Option B

A leading trauma expert and clinical psychologist explains why talking about trauma helps the healing process.

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Facing Adversity Through Building Resilience: A Guide to Grounded Hope – Option B

Writer and counseling psychologist Lee Daniel Kravetz describes five steps we can take to find realistic hope in the face of adversity.

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