HELPFUL ARTICLES ON DEALING WITH MOTHERS' DAY:
https://www.iesohealth.com/en-gb/blog/when-mothers-day-is-a-difficult-time
Deals with:
- Reasons why Mothers' Day may be hard to face
- Validating your feelings about this day
- Some practical tips on coping with Mother's Day
https://www.familyeducation.com/mothers-day/when-mothers-day-is-hard
Deals with:
- A mother who has lost a child but still has a living child
- Someone who lost mother lost to suicide, while having a loving step-mum as well
- Someone with a difficult and painful relationship with her mother
- Some practical tips on coping with Mothers' Day
https://www.familyeducation.com/life/death-dying/helping-your-child-deal-death-parent
Deals with:
- How to help a child deal with the death of a parent
https://ideas.hallmark.com/articles/mothers-day-ideas/when-mothers-day-is-hard-giving-support-to-those-who-are-hurting/
Deals with:
- Ways to support parents who have lost children
- Ways to support people who are missing their mums
- Ways to support childless people who want to be mothers
- Ways to support people who have troubled relationships with their mothers
- Ways to support mothers who have troubled relationships with their children
HELPFUL ARTICLES ON GRIEF & GRIEVING:
Worden's Four Tasks of Mourning:
https://www.ourhouse-grief.org/grief-pages/grieving-adults/four-tasks-of-mourning/
This article provides a quick introduction to the idea.
Worden's Four Tasks of Mourning:
https://whatsyourgrief.com/wordens-four-tasks-of-mourning/
This one goes into things a bit more deeply.
William Worden's Four Tasks of Grief:
https://www.alustforlife.com/tools/mental-health/william-wordens-four-tasks-of-grief
And this one is a real deep-dive into the material.
Dr Lois Tonkin's Growing Around Grief Model:
https://whatsyourgrief.com/growing-around-grief/
I personally didn't find this model was quite such a good fit for me, but I include it in case others find it helpful
OTHER HELPFUL LINKS:
Dr Henry Cloud's Boundaries.Me
https://www.boundaries.me/
This is a subscription web portal ($9 per month), but you get 14 days free trial
There's a course on grief that I found immensely helpful when we lost Mum
Blurt's Mental Health Toolkit:
https://www.blurtitout.org/resource/mental-health-toolkit/
Dr Kristin Neff's Self-Compassion.Org
https://self-compassion.org
I Love Jesus but I Want to Die: What You Need to Know about Suicide:
http://www.beautifulbetween.com/love-jesus-but-want-to-die/
Psychology Today – Find a Therapist (UK):
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling
Psychology Today – Find a Therapist (US):
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists