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Annual Conference
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2009 Conference
July 16-19 2009 Thurs - Sun
Denver, Colorado
Twin testimonials:
The conference was a turning point in my grief. View new conference photos
This is the only group of people on the planet who understand. The Twinless Twins Conference is a life-changing event.
Conference Memory Walk
It is a true miracle of transformation...from all alone in a darkness that only a twinless twin could know, to a family and network of Twinless Twins to start a new, healing journey.
No one has a clue what it's like to have half your soul ripped out. After half a century together as one, now I must be merely a half.
Nobody understood when I said how "alone" I felt or expressed that I didn't know how to be one.
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Twin Links E-news
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Communicating with other twins who have lost their twin can be a valuable tool in your healing
Share with other twinless twins today
Twinless Twins, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Please make a donation in your twin's memory to keep our support and services available in the future.
Honor your twin on your joint birthday by making a contribution in their name. Memorial gifts help to support twins in need and are a wonderful way to keep yourself "healing by helping" and for family and friends to acknowledge your loss.
Printable donation form to mail or fax - The Gift That Gives Hope To Future Twins in need
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Welcome
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Twinless Twins
Support Group
International
Welcome to a unique support
group that helps twinless twins
"heal by helping" other twins.
We provide support for twins and other
multiples who have lost their twin due to death
or estrangement at any age. The unique
aloneness we feel can best be understood by
another twinless twin.
You are not alone
Our mission is to provide a safe and compassionate community for twins to experience healing, understanding, and a desire to help others cope
with the loss of their twin.
For more information: Contact Us, email or phone 888-205-8962. Free Newsletter emailed
We invite you to become a member. Your $50 fee will help ensure support for future twins. It is important that we continue to promote healing and recognition of twinloss and its grief.
• Support people are volunteer twinless twins, not professionals •
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Become a Member
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Twinloss Survey
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2009 Conference Guest Speaker - Author And Twin Researcher
Dr. Nancy L. Segal
  
Nancy will address the membership at the Denver 2009 Conference on the topic of twinloss, from the chapter Lonesome Crowd, in her book Entwined Lives.
Twinloss Survey
Dr. Nancy L. Segal, Professor of Developmental Psychology at CA State University invites you to participate in her twinloss survey.
Survey applications will also be avaailable at the Denver Conference on a volunteer basis.
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Hear One Twin's Journey Through Twin Loss
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Listen to one twin's journey through twinloss
Linda Pountney's twin sister Paula died in a small plane crash. She was not prepared to go forward in her life without her twin, or to grieve. Understanding came from other twins who lost their twin. Linda learned to survive, thanks to Twinless Twins Support Group. Listen to her story.
 Radio Show / Death Of A Twin CLICK HERE TO LISTEN NOW
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Conference Keynote Speeches
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In The Words Of Our 2009 Keynote Conference Speaker
Mary R. Morgan, L.M.S.W.
When we lose a twin, it feels to many like the literal end of our lives. That is true, in that it is the end of life as we have known it since the moment of our conception.
As one twin explained: “The day my twin died, the lights went out.” Another twin said to me, “After Daphne died, it was as if I couldn’t breathe. I’d never in my life thought about breathing. I just took it for granted that Daphne and my breath were part of being alive.”
When our twin dies, we must begin to breathe again; we must begin again with our lives, starting with what truly feels like the end.
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2009 Denver Conference
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2009 Keynote Conference Speaker
Mary R. Morgan has her Master’s in clinical social work from Columbia University, and six years of training in Spontaneous Interactive Imagery. She has worked at the Jewish Board for Family and Children Services and for 14 years in private practice. Her practice has included private counseling with twinless twins and two years of leading a bereavement group for twins who lost their twins in the Trade Center disaster.
She is presently on leave of absence, working on two book projects on the subject of bereavement and twins. She lost her own twin in 1961. Ms. Morgan is also in the process of analyzing and interpreting a questionnaire that she developed and distributed to the twinless twins at TTSGI in 2004 and 2005. Ms. Morgan conducted bereavement workshops at six TTSGI conferences (2003 – 2008), and delivered the keynote speech in 2003, 2004 and 2006.
Mary R. Morgan, L.M.S.W.
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Member Pictures
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Come Hear Mary R. Morgan Speak 2009
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Mary R. Morgan Speaks On The Twin Bereavement Process
One of the most challenging things about twinship and twin loss is that the “I” for twins is often seen by them to be in the framework of “We.”
We see ourselves in the context of another person. This is really important! – it is the issue of our identity – the question of “Who am I?” – this intrinsic perception affects not only how we see ourselves, but others as well.
It affects the meaning we ascribe to ourselves in the world. When our twin is lost, the “We” is broken. It is physically destroyed. We are often left feeling half of a person. We lose our grounding, and we are off-balance. We often feel unable to negotiate our world.
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2009 Conference Workshop
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Margery Runyan LCSW, ACSW
"Your Healing Journey" Workshop with Margery, a twinless twin member, devoted to helping other twinless twins.
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Live Chat Room
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Write For The Newsletter
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Write For The Twinless Times
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Members are invited to submit articles for publication in the Twinless Times. The email subject should be "Twinless Times Submission":
twinlesstimes@yahoo.com
Stories about you and your twin, articles about twin meetings and conferences, your healing journey, twin book reviews, and poems are always welcome and rewarding to see in print. Our founder Dr. Brandt encouraged the act of writing as a healing tool. Photo jpegs can be emailed.
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