RESOURCES
Resources that you may find helpful on your grief journey:
Print / Online
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"Grieve, Create, Believe: Process Your Loss with Intention and Truth" by Rachel George
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“Writing Your Grief” Course by Megan Devine. This is a 30-day online course, all types of loss are welcome
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Missing Pieces Website: includes in-person resources in the Chicagoland area and many online resources
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Inviting Abundance provides many grief work offerings
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Return To Zero: Hope provides valuable resources and inclusive support for anyone whose life has been touched by loss, including miscarriage, termination for medical reasons (TFMR), stillbirth, infant or toddler death, loss through surrogacy and failed adoption.
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Just Enduring provides several resources including "A Parent Like You" program that matches bereaved parents based on similar recent experience.
In Person
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The Village CU Mental Health, a therapy practice devoted to reproductive, perinatal, and parental mental health; based in Champaign-Urbana but providing virtual support as well.
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Empty Arms is a grief support network led by four moms who have experienced loss including miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant death. Meetings held in Champaign, IL.
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Cole's Camp provides events and opportunities for bereaved families to come together in Yorkville, IL and surrounding areas.
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Faith’s Lodge retreat in Danbury Wisconsin (about a 9-hour drive from Champaign area)
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While We're Waiting: Faith-Based Retreats for Bereaved Parents (located in several states including one in Barry, Illinois)
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Weavings Weekend Retreat for Bereaved Mothers; Florissant, Missouri
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Hayden's House of Healing Retreats in New Jersey
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Meadowlark Retreats in Sebastopol, California
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Rett's Roost provides in-person and virtual retreats for families that have lost a child to cancer.
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Compassionate Friends and Bereaved Parents of the USA have in-person support groups throughout the U.S.
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Share Pregnancy and Infant Loss has in-person support groups throughout the U.S.
