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These three ‘Consolations', written by Seneca to his mother and two friends, have been described as ‘the crowning achievement in the canon of ‘consolation letters'. But sentimental they are not, for they emerge from the writer's deep-seated commitment to Stoicism, where individuals are exhorted to inhabit qualities of virtue, positivity, resilience, and indifference. This recording opens with Seneca's consolatory letter to Marcia, who, after three years, was still mourning the death of her son.

Award-winning journalist Rachel Louise Snyder has spent her career reporting on abuse that happens under the cover of ‘private life'. And yet the story of her own troubled family is one she has always kept locked away. Snyder was eight when her mother died, and her distraught father thrust the family into an evangelical, cult-like existence halfway across the country. Furiously rebellious against this life, she was expelled from school, and then from home. Living out of her car and relying on strangers, she soon found herself masquerading as an adult.

Loslassen ist für die meisten Menschen eine Herausforderung. Denn auch wenn Loslassen tatsächlich weniger Kraft kostet als Festhalten, fühlt es sich in den meisten Fällen doch schwerer an. Wenn auch du dir wünschst, emotional frei zu sein, dann ist Loslassen allerdings eine entscheidende Voraussetzung. Zu wissen, wann man loslassen soll, ist Weisheit. Es auch zu tun, bedeutet Mut. Und wenn man dabei den Kopf oben behält, ist es Würde.

When police told Karen Foster that her eighteen-year-old daughter, Bonnie Craig, had died in a hiking accident, she knew the pieces of the investigation just didn't add up. Bonnie would have never ditched her classes at the University of Alaska to go hiking. And she didn't drive—so how would she have reached McHugh Creek, miles outside of Anchorage, in the first place? Armed with little more than her own conviction, Karen set out to find the truth behind her daughter's death.

'If not with you, then for you.' It was a perfect Wednesday morning when Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin kissed his partner, Ellidy, goodbye to go spearfishing. Most days Ellidy would go to the beach too, but that day she didn't. Later, there was a knock at the door. A man had been found unconscious on the...

When the Bough Breaks presents a breakthrough concept of mourning, documenting the process of evolution from initial grief to an altered outlook on life. Excerpts from interviews with fifty parents who lost a child from age five to forty-five trace the road from utter devastation to a revised view of life, resulting in a work that is a tribute to resilience and the indomitable human spirit.

The doctor’s office called. It’s not good news. What comes next? When you are diagnosed with a life-changing illness, it can be overwhelming. While your diagnosis cannot be changed, the way you experience your illness can. In Hope for the Best, Plan for the Rest, Dr. Seow and Dr. Winemaker have combined their decades of palliative care research and experience in caring for seriously ill patients. They have harnessed the advice of thousands of patients to create a roadmap that every patient and family will benefit from.

"Alles war perfekt. Job. Haus. Hobby. Eine jahrelange Liebe. Dann kam der Gehirntumor – und mit ihm der Tod. Für mich begann eine Reise durch einen tiefen Tunnel und ein Leben, das ich so nicht gewollt hatte. Natürlich kann ich allein die Glühbirnen wechseln und für die streikende Spülmaschine den Techniker rufen. Aber wir werden nie wieder zusammen frühstücken, nie wieder zusammen ausreiten, nie wieder gemeinsam über das aktuelle Weltgeschehen reden. Der Tod ordnet das Leben neu.

Würdevoll Abschied nehmen und die eigenen Wunden der Trauer heilen. Wie Sie mit dem Verlust eines geliebten Menschen umgehen, wieder Kraft schöpfen und neuen Lebensmut erfahren. Verstirbt jemand im nahen Umfeld, so hinterlässt er zweifelsfrei eine schmerzhafte Lücke, wodurch das emotionale Gleichgewicht der Angehörigen enorm belastet wird. Während die einen nichts als grenzenlose Wut spüren, ziehen sich andere aus dem sozialen Umfeld zurück. Wieder andere lenken sich schon fast zwanghaft mit allerlei Aktivitäten ab, um all die unangenehmen Gefühle und trüben Gedanken zu unterdrücken.

1941. Rupert and Adelaide Stride are raising their two daughters, Clare and Rosa, in the midst of war. When Rupert is called to fight, he dies on the beaches of Dunkirk, leaving his family to fend for themselves. 2023. Decades later, Clare and Rosa have retreated to the annex, trapped in the place where they were raised: Yew Tree House. When the rooms are put up for rent, Jack Harmon sees the perfect spot for a family holiday with his twins and detective Stella Darnell. But then the children discover a skeleton with a hole in its skull hidden in the brambles of a decommissioned WWII pill box.

Ein Freudentanz im Kartoffelkeller, ein Handstand am Rauchfang eines Hochhauses oder eine Nacht im Müll-Container der der Wiener Gebietskrankenkasse – fünf Autorinnen und Autoren haben Menschen, die oft nur noch wenige Tage zu leben hatten, nach ihren größten Momenten gefragt: Welche Erinnerungen beschäftigen noch am Sterbebett? Es sind Geschichten mit Pointen, die nur das Leben setzen kann, kleine Vorfälle oder große Dramen, doch sie gehen alle unter die Haut – wie jenen, die sie selbst erlebt und nie wieder vergessen haben.

John Niven's little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes terrifying. In 2010, after years of chaotic struggle against the world, he took his own life at the age of 42. Hoping for the best while often witnessing the worst, John, his younger sister Linda and their mother, Jeanette, saw the darkest fears they had for Gary played out in drug deals, prison and bankruptcy.

A jornalista Ana Michelle Soares já convivia com o câncer fazia mais de uma década quando, em 2022, a doença se agravou. A descoberta de lesões no cérebro levou a uma radioterapia agressiva. Com efeitos colaterais devastadores, AnaMi entendeu que talvez a finitude estivesse bem perto. O caminho pelo desfiladeiro da vida ficava cada vez mais estreito.

Grief is all-consuming. Shattering. After the death of a loved one, we ask questions about the meaning of life, the whys of death, and how to carry our sorrow. The Spirituality of Grief honors the complex nature of grief and offers simple comfort: we are not alone, and there is no one right way to grieve.

Selvhjælpsstjernen Louise Hay og den anerkendte sorg/tab ekspert David Kessler, kendt fra sit mangeårige samarbejde med Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, har fundet sammen i denne samtale om at hele sorg og smerte. Det er blevet en velkommen blanding af Louise Hays selvhjælpsstrategier og bekræftelser og David Keslerss erfaringer fra sit mangeårige arbejde med sørgende, som vil kunne bringe håb og friske nye indsigter. Man får ikke bare hjælp til at hele sin sorg, men opdager også at man kan hele sit hjerte.

One thing you can count on in life is the fact that you are going to die. How’s that for a buzzkill? Most people diligently ignore the reality of their future demise. Thinking about death somehow seems wrong. Luckily, a real life coroner challenged a few thousand internet strangers to do the thinking for you. The result is a collection of morbid and slightly embarrassing questions all about The End.

Ich heiße Dich herzlich willkommen zu einer heilsamen Reise an einen wundervollen Ort des Trostes und der liebevollen Erinnerung an Dein verstorbenes Tier. Mach es Dir sitzend oder liegend bequem. Schließe Deine Augen. Atme ruhig und gleichmäßig ein und aus. Spüre, wie Du immer mehr entspannst. Wir erschaffen nun einen Raum, in dem Du einfach nur Du selbst sein darfst – mit all Deiner Trauer, Deinem Schmerz, Deiner Hoffnung und Deiner Liebe. Dein geliebtes Tier ist gegangen. Du musstest Dich verabschieden und Lebewohl sagen.

Grief does not follow a timeline or a set path. It is nonlinear and messy, doubling back on itself just when you thought you were out of the woods. Those who have experienced the loss of a loved one know this unequivocally, but Western society still seems to think that grief should only last six months to a year—tops—when in fact, grief can last throughout a person's entire life and manifest as serious mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, anger, and despair. 

Harry Richards, a local solicitor, is found in his car, throat slit. DI Clare Mackay is on the case. She soon learns that Harry was not the upstanding man he seemed to be. Finding the killer should be easy. Then the wife of one of Harry's colleagues is discovered dead in her car, and Clare realises there is something more sinister at play… Can she find out who's behind the murders before they turn their attention to her?

I VEJEN TILBAGE vil Sara Bovin, tidligere vært på TVÆRS, tale med en række mennesker, der har det tilfælles, at de alle er blevet svigtet af en person eller institution, som de havde tillid til. Denne episode af VEJEN TILBAGE handler om Sonny, der tror, at hans kæreste er taget på besøg hos sin familie i Jylland, men hvor det viser sig, at kæresten er taget til Mexico for at tage sit eget liv. Du skal høre om, hvordan Sonny håndterer det svigt ved at selv at tage til Mexico og besøge det hotel, hvor kæresten valgte at afslutte sit liv.