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Grief & Loss

What I’ve learned over the 19 Christmases since my husband died

By Katie Couric
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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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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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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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Health, Illness & Injury

“We continued to thrive to the extent possible because an army of loved ones held us fast through the tortured holiday season.”

By John Duberstein
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Grief & Loss

"Be grateful. Make it your mission to find something positive, even in the darkest places."

By Sharon McCloud
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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

“Of the lessons Anita taught me, the greatest one was how to exit gracefully, on your own terms.”

By Lizzy Weiss
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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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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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Grief & Loss

"I felt that visiting there together was required—a further gesture to honour the place that both men have in my heart."

By Clare Smart
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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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Grief & Loss

“I understand that this is what life is made up of. It’s the big sad events, right alongside the big happy events.”

By Sylvia Yam
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Grief & Loss

“I picture grief as a vat full of tears hidden behind an opaque wall.”

By Julie Lythcott-Haims
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Grief & Loss

“I don’t want to see my new path of finding what feels good and helping others as an Option B, but rather as my new Option A.”

By ute amann-seidel
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Grief & Loss

“Helping other families gives us a focus beyond our own pain.”

By Isabel Hernandez-Torres
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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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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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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

“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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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

“The hardest part was realizing that my life would be put on pause.”

By Layth Ramatala
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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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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

“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

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

By Terry Healey
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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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Grief & Loss

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

By Catherine Hand
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Grief & Loss

“It seems no one talks with raw emotion and humor about grief.”

By Laurie Grad
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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

“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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Health, Illness & Injury

“My diagnosis was a turning point.”

By A'Driane Nieves
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Health, Illness & Injury

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Yes, I Survived Cancer. But That Doesn't Define Me. VIDEO – Option B

Author Debra Jarvis explains how she claimed her experience with cancer by letting go of her old self and allowing a new self to emerge.

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