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How To: Avoid Family Conflict When There’s No Estate Plan

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What do to when a loved one dies with no estate plan? A financial therapist offers six ways to work with your family and remain sane -- and harmonious.

How To: Support Someone Affected by Suicide

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But that doesn't mean you can't help a friend who has lost a loved one to suicide. In honor of Suicide Prevention Week, the Jed Foundation explains how.

How To: Cultivate Self-Compassion

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Learning to treat our grieving selves with greater kindness — and why it matters

How To: Talk To Your Kids About Your (Late) Parents

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Five tips for talking to your kids about your late parents.

How To: Approach a Windfall

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Financial therapist Amanda Clayman weighs in on the complex dynamics of inheritance — and how to approach a windfall in a healthy way.

How To: Write the Tough Stuff

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Here are five tips for those worried that their writing on grief will alienate readers — or loved ones.

How To: Write Your Story

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The author of a guide on writing through grief helps you get started on the essay or memoir that's stuck in your head.

How To: Sort Through What’s Left Behind

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Tasked with sorting through your loved one's belongings? A pro organizer has the lowdown on deciding what to keep, what to give away, and how to avoid turning your home into a makeshift storage facility.

How To: Tell Friends What You Need

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To add insult to injury, loss can be terribly isolating. We spoke with grief specialist Cheri Travis about relating your needs to well-meaning friends and lovers.

How To: Be a Good Listener

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Really, it's not that hard. You can help someone through loss with these seven habits of mindful listening.

How To: Write a Sympathy Note

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The author of "How To Say It" explains how to offer words of comfort people actually want to receive.

How To: Acknowledge a Sympathy Note

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In the aftermath of your loved one’s death, you'll likely be overwhelmed by sympathy cards, emails and, yes, texts. But how to respond?

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