Community Grief Support is a non-profit corporation organized for the purpose of providing free compassionate grief counseling to the Birmingham area.
You're not alone. We're here to walk the journey with you. Community Grief Support Service is a non-profit corporation organized for the purpose of providing free compassionate counseling, education, and support for bereaved persons in the 7 county Birmingham area. Community Grief Support Service helps people to rebuild their shattered lives following the death of a loved one. Grieving people face a real choice between hope and despair. We choose hope!
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If you or someone you know is struggling with loss, please give us a call at 205/870-8667 to find out more about our grief support services.
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So long, February. 👋
Hello, March! 🌷
Book Recommendation: 📖
The Five Ways We Grieve: Finding Your Personal Path to Healing After the Loss of a Loved One, by Susan A. Berger
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"In this new approach to understanding the impact of grief, Susan A. Berger goes beyond the commonly held theories of stages of grief with a new typology for self-awareness and personal growth. She offers practical advice for healing from a major loss in this presentation of five basic ways, or types, of grieving. These five types describe how different people respond to a major loss. The types are:
• Nomads, who have not yet resolved their grief and don’t often understand how their loss has affected their lives
• Memorialists, who are committed to preserving the memory of their loved ones by creating concrete memorials and rituals to honor them
• Normalizers, who are committed to re-creating a sense of family and community
• Activists, who focus on helping other people who are dealing with the same disease or issues that caused their loved one’s death
• Seekers, who adopt religious, philosophical, or spiritual beliefs to create meaning in their lives
Drawing on research results and anecdotes from working with the bereaved over the past ten years, Berger examines how a person’s worldview is affected after a major loss. According to her findings, people experience significant changes in their sense of mortality, their values and priorities, their perception of and orientation toward time, and the manner in which they “fit” in society. The five types of grieving, she finds, reflect the choices people make in their efforts to adapt to dramatic life changes.
By identifying with one of the types, readers who have suffered a recent loss—or whose lives have been shaped by an early loss—find ways of understanding the impact of the loss and of living more fully."
We love this poem entitled "Separation" by author W. S. Merwin.
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🎶 Ohhhhhh, you're halfway there! 🎶
We hope you finish this week strong!
Grief provides our love with some place to go. 💛
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We know today can be a tough one for those coping with loss, and we hope good memories provide you some comfort.❤️
If you would like to schedule a free grief counseling appointment, or find out more about our grief support groups, call 205/870-8667.
Loss is hard. Remember to be gentle with yourself and give yourself space to grieve. To find out more about our grief support services, call 205/870-8667.
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We hope you enjoy your weekend! 😁
If you or someone you love is struggling with loss, give us a call at 205/870-8667. You don't have to grieve alone. 💙
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Just a friendly reminder...
Book Recommendation: 📖
Resilient Grieving: Finding Strength and Embracing Life After a Loss that Changes Everything, by Lucy Hone, PhD
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"The death of someone we hold dear may be inevitable; being paralyzed by our grief is not. A growing body of research has revealed our capacity for resilient grieving, our innate ability to respond to traumatic loss by finding ways to grow—by becoming more engaged with our lives, and discovering new, profound meaning.
Author and resilience/well-being expert Lucy Hone, a pioneer in fusing positive psychology and bereavement research, was faced with her own inescapable sorrow when, in 2014, her 12-year-old daughter was killed in a car accident. By following the strategies of resilient grieving, she found a proactive way to move through her grief, and, over time, embrace life again.
Resilient Grieving offers an empowering alternative to the five-stage Kübler-Ross model of grief—and makes clear our inherent capacity for growth following the trauma of a loss that changes everything."
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We love this quote from Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. When we lose someone, we still carry their love with us-it helps us to keep moving forward in their absence. 💛
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We hope you have a fresh start to a new week!
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You are strong, even when you don't feel like it. And we are always here to help. Call 205/870-8667 to find out more about our grief support services.
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A #WellnessWednesday must:
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Give yourself grace. You're doing your best. One day at a time. 💛
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Book Recommendation: 📖
Grief Day by Day: Simple Practices and Daily Guidance for Living with Loss by Jan Warner
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"Grief is complex; it may present itself differently on any given day. This grief recovery handbook offers daily reflections and practices that address the day-to-day emotions and experiences that accompany the grieving process so you can create a life in which peace―and even gratitude―can coexist with your grief.
Explore the stages of grief with a collection of quotes, musings, meditations, and more that are tied together by a weekly theme, allowing you to reflect on each concept in depth. Work through topics like loneliness, grief attacks, exhaustion, hope, love, and creating meaning. You’ll find opportunities to write, draw, meditate, do breathing exercises, and more as you learn to live fully with your grief."
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We love this quote by author Hope Edelman. Remember to be kind to yourself in the grieving process-there's no timeline to follow.
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It takes time.
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We hope you have a nice and relaxing weekend! ☕ 📖
What a great quote from therapist and writer Megan Devine. There are no quick fixes in the grieving process, but you should never have to go through it alone. We are always here to help. Call 205/870-8667 for more info.
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It's the first #wellnesswednesday of the new year! Here's a few simple ways to prioritize your health in 2022.
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We hope this fresh start to a new year brings you joy, comfort, and anticipation for what's ahead!
Thank you to all of our supporters-we are grateful to begin another year of helping those hurting due to loss find hope.
There’s STILL a few hours left in 2021 to give!!!
Will you help us reach our end of the year goal?? This year, we’ve served more people coping with loss than any year prior.
YOU can be the reason someone gets the support they need through free grief counseling and grief support groups. No one should have to grieve alone.
You can go to communitygriefsupport.org/help/donate or text FINDHOPE to 474747 to give now.
Your generous gift can help someone find the hope and community they need to make it through a tough season.
Thank you for your support! 💙
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO DONATE TO OUR END OF THE YEAR GIVING!
Since the pandemic began, we have seen a 40% increase in the number of those who seek out our services due to their grief and brokenness. Won't you choose, during this critical time, to give the gift of hope to so many who need YOUR help now more than ever?
You can go to communitygriefsupport.org/help/donate or text FINDHOPE to 474747 to give.
Your donation can make all the difference to someone hurting during this tough season. Please consider giving to provide that lifeline of hope and support to someone who needs it. Thank you. 💙
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Let's Talk About Grief! Holistic life coach and member of Community Grief Support's Board, Virginia Bunting, conducts interviews with members of CGS and experts on the topic. This week we sit down with Jan Owen of Back Porch Counseling and author of "Fighting Forward: A Widow's Journey from Loss to Life" to discuss the hardships of these past couple months. ⠀ What topics would you like to see us discuss in this series? Who would you want to see interviewed? ⠀ Leave a comment and tag someone who should watch!💙
Due to the excitement surrounding our Covid Comfort Pet Contest, we have decided to move up the contest and allow submissions and voting to now go LIVE! Link in bio! Go to gogophotocontest.com/communitygriefsupport to enter your Cutest Comfort Pet in the photo contest! You can enter your pet’s photo with a required $10 donation per photo. You may enter as many photos as you choose. All photos will appear online, where the public can vote for their favorite photos and winners have the chance to win prizes valued over $1,000! Votes are $1 each and are donations to Community Grief Support. Voting ends on August 15th at 9pm CT.
"Let's Talk About Grief" Holistic life coach and member of Community Grief Support's Board, Virginia Bunting, will be conducting interviews with members of CGS and experts on the topic. Episode 1 features Our Clinical Director, Steve Sweatt. What topics would you like to see us discuss in this series? Who would you want to see interviewed? Leave a comment and tag someone who should watch! 💙 . . . #InBirmingham #Birmingham #BirminghamAL #Homewood #Freecounseling #FreeGriefCounseling #NonProfit #CommunityGriefSupport #Counseling #Donationbased #Covid19 #TextToGive #MentalHealth #JuniorBoard #Volunteer #SupportGroups
Donating just got even easier! Consider making a tax-deductible donation to Community Grief Support with our new Text to Give feature. . . . #Birmingham #BirminghamAL #Homewood #Freecounseling #FreeGriefCounseling #NonProfit #CommunityGriefSupport #Counseling #Donationbased #TextToGive #MentalHealth #JuniorBoard #Volunteer
With the current Covid situation, CGS has been offering free video & phone conferencing in place of in person counseling sessions. Our upcoming support groups will also be via video to continue keeping our staff and clients healthy! If you have any questions or would like to learn more, send us a message or give us a call at (205) 870- 8667 #Birmingham #BirminghamAL #Freecounseling #FreeGriefCounseling #NonProfit #CommunityGriefSupport #Counseling #Donationbased
Our AMAZING intern just graduated college! What an accomplishment! We are SO proud of Sydney here at CGS and she will definitely be missed. She has worked incredibly hard these past couple of months and we are very thankful for her. Watch out world, here she comes! 👏🎓💙
Interested in becoming a vendor at our 2020 Mac N’ Cheese Festival?! Here’s a step-by-step video showing you how easy it is to sign up! 👍🏼
Only 9 working days till Community Grief Support’s big “Lift Your Spirits” Party & Auction on Thursday, October 24, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Vestavia Country Club. Don’t miss the opportunity to have fun, dance, and bid on everything from a Disney Dream Vacation for 4, Fine Dining Package including 10 favorite Birmingham restaurants, luxury trips and getaways, a Stock-the-Perfect-Bar Cart, and more in our live auction, plus jewelry, spa packages, theatre tickets, original artwork, date packages, housewares, and so much more in our silent auction! Make your reservations by Friday, October 18 to save your table or place. Call 870-8667 for more information or e-mail [email protected]. Come and bring a friend! (Live auction directed by Granger-Thaggard & Associates.)
Join us now until 7:00 for our “Art On The Roof” Fundraiser!! An outstanding view and great atmosphere for a wonderful cause!!!
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