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Wellbeing: Grief

This guide has many tips, ideas, and links that will assist you in maintaining healthy wellbeing both physically and mentally.

Issues in Society

This book explores a range of issues for us all to anticipate and evaluate at some stage: end of life attitudes and decisions; end of life care; and coping with death and grief. What are your wishes and rights (and those of your loved ones) when it comes to the personal and practical considerations we have to deal with at the end of life?

Issues in Society - Volume 414

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We help young people cope with cancer in their family. Through CanTeen, they learn to explore and deal with their feelings about cancerconnect with other young people in the same boat and if they’ve been diagnosed themselves, we also provide specialist, youth-specific treatment teams.

Beyond Blue provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health.

Ph: 1300 22 4636

We are a national charity providing all Australians experiencing emotional distress with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services. We are committed to empowering Australians to be suicide-safe through connection, compassion and hope.

The Lifeline telephone call service is available 24/7 - Ph: 13 11 14

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How to deal with grief and unexpected loss

There is no 'right' way to grieve, everyone is different, and will have different feelings and reactions to the loss. headspace has tips on how to deal with grief and unexpected losses. If grief continues for a long time and you have difficulty with your day to day life then you should seek help from a health professional.

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ebooks in Library Collection

Grief Recovery for Teens: Letting Go of Painful Emotions with Body-Based Practices

This book utilizes somatic, body-oriented skills to help teens know how and why their bodies are reacting to grief, as well as ways to relieve anxiety and confusion and begin the healing process.

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Grieving for the Sibling You Lost: A Teen's Guide to Coping with Grief and Finding Meaning After Loss

When teens lose a sibling, it is devastating. They lose a lifetime playmate, confidant, role model, and friend. Now, for the first time, a psychotherapist specializing in teen and adolescent bereavement offers an essential guide for teens who have lost a sibling. In the book, teens will learn how to process difficult feelings by finding their unique coping style, deal with overwhelming emotions, and find constructive ways to cope with this profound loss so they can moveforward in a meaningful and healthy way.

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Mindfulness and Grief: With guided meditations to calm the mind and restore the spirit

Mindfulness meditation can restore hope by offering a compassionate safe haven for healing and self-reflection. This book will help readers to begin the process of reconstructing the shattered self that is left in the wake of any major loss.

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Yoga for Grief and Loss: Poses, Meditation, Devotion, Self-Reflection, Selfless Acts, Ritual

This book explains how the six branches of yoga offer guidance and coping methods to those who have suffered bereavement or loss. Looking at the emotional, spiritual, philosophical elements, as well as the physical postures of yoga, the book shows how to begin and sustain a personal practice that helps us move through grief on multiple levels.

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Yoga for Grief Relief: Simple Practices for Transforming Your Grieving Mind and Body

For readers who've experienced loss (and have lost their way) Yoga for Grief Relief combines over 100 illustrations of gentle yogic poses and the latest research in psychophysiology and neuroscience to help them get back on the path to wellness.

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