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Study explores grief support after suicide

People bereaved or affected by suicide are invited to share their experience in research aimed at better identifying the grief support they get – and need

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Dear Annie: I'm widowed, still in love, but lonely

Grief counsellor Annie Broadbent addresses the emotional conflict of finding new companionship after bereavement

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Funeral Zone launches Bereavement at Work

The UK's most visited funeral website has launched a Bereavement at Work resource, helping companies support employees after the death of a loved one

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Exploring loss, friendship and hope in the Magical Wood

Bereaved in childhood when his father was killed, author Mark Lemon’s comforting book, The Magical Wood, was written to support other children through grief

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Dignity invests £50m to modernise its business

One of the biggest funeral directors in the UK has unveiled plans that will see it offer more competitive funeral prices

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In your element: Which would be your funeral choice?

Earth, air, fire or water? Alternative funeral choices inspired by the four elements

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Who will look after my pet when I die?

A look at charity schemes for pet care after the death of an owner, providing animal-lovers peace of mind

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Paid leave for grieving parents

Campaigners and grief charities are delighted as a new law is passed, allowing parents paid time off work to grieve their child's death

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Dear Annie: Will moving house heal my grief pain?

Can a physical move away from a place that holds memories be healing? That depends, says grief expert Annie Broadbent, on what you're moving towards

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Paid leave for grieving parents 'soon to become law'

Campaigners anticipate The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill will receive Royal Assent before Parliament's summer recess begins

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The Dinner Party

Millennials are breaking the painful silence that can follow grief, over dinner with strangers at a groundbreaking supper club

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‘Dance helped me grieve: We need to feel the pain and release it’

The death of her husband Jeremy plunged wellbeing entrepreneur Shalini Bhalla into darkness, but she reveals how grief has taught her to live

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Grief in six words: How would you express it?

Home truths can be more poignant than flash fiction, as bereaved people convey their grief in six words in a dedicated online space

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Interview: ‘Suffering is optional’ David Kessler on grief, pain – and life

With Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler introduced the Five Stages of Grief. We can’t avoid the pain of loss, he says, but how we grieve reflects the way we live our lives

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Dear Annie: I’m caught in grief-eating cycle

Aware of the grief emotions that have led her to comfort-eat, J asks grief expert Annie Broadbent how do I gain control over this?

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