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The GWTLI initiative is committed to the education and growth of healthy hearts. Grief is a vast, unpopular, and intimidating subject that can be difficult to talk about. My hope is that some part of this forum will aid in your healing . Join us as we share our stories and offer tools through testimonies about our own encounters with loss.
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It takes strength to make your way through grief,
to grab hold of life and let it pull you forward.
- Patti Davis
helpful resources
Heart to Heart will always aim to add a bit more value to its conversations. The goal is always to help you make better decisons that positively enhance your quality of life. While we aren't degreed or licensed experts in this field. We are experienced in pain.
Check out these resources. They may help you navigate your personal experience with loss. In addition to these, do not hesitate to seek professional help. It’s not about moving on, it’s about moving forward.
websites
GriefShare.org is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. You don’t have to go through the grieving process alone.
You can do quick search and find a group or event near you
Thousands of groups meet weekly around the world. Visit or join a group at anytime. And attend as many meetings as you like.
If your life has exploded into a million little bits, you don't need platitudes. I made this for you:
Grief support that doesn't suck.
Megan Devine a psychotherapist, writer, grief advocate, & communication expert dedicated to helping you live through things you never thought you’d face.
books
quick reads
Men and Grief
Grief is an inevitable part of every human life, regardless of gender. It is also one of the great isolating forces in the lives of men. Male grief is all too often invisible, misunderstood, and unwanted, which leaves many men in the difficult position of having to deal with their grief on their own, if they deal with it at all.
By Rick Belden
What if He cries?
Men with a history of having their emotions controlled and shut down by others typically have a pretty strong innate sense of when someone is approaching them with that intent, and they will close down quickly in response.
By Rick Belden
The 5 Stages of Grief and Other Lies That Don't Help Anyone
The stages of grief were not meant to tell you what you feel, what you should feel, and when exactly you should feel it. They were not meant to dictate whether you are doing your grief "correctly" or not. They were meant to normalize a deeply not-normal time.
By Megan Devine