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Widower's Journey Podcast

Widowers Journey Podcast

October 22, 2019 by Herb Knoll

“Widowers Journey Podcast” is part of a support network for men who have been widowed or lost a spouse or life partner. Author Herb Knoll discovered upon losing his wife to cancer, that there were really no support services available to grieving men. He
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WebMD

WebMD Special Report on Grief Stages – featuring Sam Feldman, founder of the National Widowers’ Organization

July 30, 2019 by July 11, 2019 by Lisa Marshall, Reviewed by Neha Pathak, MD; WebMD News Special Report

“There has been this idea in the past that grief proceeds in the same somewhat lockstep sequence for everyone,” says  David Feldman, PhD, a professor of counseling psychology at Santa Clara University in California. “We now know it just doesn’t work that way. People often attack themselves for doing grief
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dealing with grief

Men Helping Men Through Grief- Sam Feldman and Ken Levy

February 19, 2019 by Darwyn M. Dave, Dealing With My Grief

Sam Feldman and Ken Levy are members of the National Widowers’ Organization. It’s an organization created by Sam to help men deal with their grief by talking about it with other men. We have a candid discussion about losing a spouse, finding companionship after loss and the act of moving
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Arts & Ideas

Loss, Grief, and Life

April 24, 2012 by Patrick Phillips

Confounded by grief, people are literally at a loss for everything. The return from despair can be long, and the return always takes different paths. Sandy Broyard, Sam Feldman and George Cohn reflect on grief, bereavement and recovery and what the process may mean for others.
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Turning His Grief Into a Support System

April 20, 2012 by Peter Brannen, MV Gazette

On Wednesday Sam Feldman pulled up a picture of a bathing beauty on his iPad. It was his wife, Gretchen, when she was only 20, the year he met her. Sam Feldman has a support system for widowers struggling with loss. “So, that’s why I was sad and lonely,” he
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AARP

Widowers Stick Together

February 21, 2012 by Sally Abrahams, AARP Blog Author

When you’re a man grieving the death of your wife or partner, casseroles just don’t cut it. Read the article here.
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