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Jill Smolowe

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Jill Smolowe is the author of "Four Funerals and a Wedding: Resilience in a Time of Grief." To learn more about her book and her grief and divorce coaching, visit jillsmolowe.com.

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When a Close Friend Moves Away

The friendship may endure, but it's rarely the same
April 22, 2024
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Handling a Loved One's Physical Pain

What can you do when hovering concern doesn’t help?
March 5, 2024
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Having Essential Conversations About Death

If your wishes remain unspoken, you will leave your loved ones in a quagmire of confusion
December 11, 2023
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Aging at Different Speeds

Challenges accrue when partners can no longer move at the same tempo
October 27, 2023
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Finding Quiet in the 'Aging Thing'

Stepping away from the hustle and bustle of daily life has new appeal
July 31, 2023
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A Good Goodbye

My last communications with my brother were loving. It could have been different.
March 13, 2023
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The Perils of Medical Portals

What can happen when you have too many results and too little information
November 22, 2022
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Memories of My Great-Grandmother

A half-century later, one careless moment (mine) still haunts
September 8, 2022
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The Novel Way Two Older Women Face Aging

Alice Elliott Dark talks about her new novel 'Fellowship Point' and characters who are 'in control of themselves and active'
June 27, 2022
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COVID Has Made Me Question My Competence

Our health and happiness weren’t enough. Now, things no longer seem simple or obvious.
March 23, 2022
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Losing Her Husband Twice to Alzheimer's Disease

Author Amy Bloom's new memoir, 'In Love,' tells the story she and her husband wanted to share about his end-of-life decision
March 18, 2022
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If Memory Serves, Forgetting Isn't Unusual

Short-term memory can sometimes be in disarray (who is that actor?) causing worry to creep in
March 7, 2022
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