Coping with grief 3 min read A Recipe for Grief. Grief and remembrance through memories What She Left Behind Is there A Recipe for Grief? I think I have all of my mother’s tried and true recipe cards. Each one filled with ingredients lists and...
Grief counseling 4 min read Five Words That Are Making You Feel Stuck in Your Grief I’m starting this essay off with a big fat disclaimer. Stuck is an overused concept in grief. Honestly it’s a tool of the productivity-obsessed grief illiterate culture we live in....
Grief support 2 min read 5 Gentle Reminders That It’s Okay to Feel Joy Again After Loss It’s okay to feel joy after loss, happiness can feel complicated. Smiling may come with guilt. Laughter can feel unfamiliar. And moments of lightness might raise the question: “Is this...
Coping with grief 3 min read Why Grief Hurts So Much Love Is the Reason Grief Hurts Grief hurts because love is real. It hurts because you built a life with someone, or you dreamed of a life that included them,...
Grief support 2 min read A grief support checklist: When words don’t help In the first days after a loss, it can be hard to know what to do or how to cope. A grief support checklist can provide simple, supportive steps to...
Coping with grief 10 min read Loneliness Loneliness in grief can feel like a shadow that follows you everywhere. Even in a room full of people, the absence of someone you loved makes the world feel quieter,...
Grief experience 5 min read When Grief Feels Like Trauma: The Pain We Don’t Talk About For a long time, society has seen the word trauma as if it only applies to a specific group: military members, veterans, or those who have faced extreme, life-threatening events....
Coping with grief 3 min read The Myth of “Getting Over” The myth of getting over grief makes loss feel like a failure. There’s no timeline, no neat ending—only a journey of learning to live with the absence of someone you...
Grief experience 4 min read Why Remembering Can Be a Part of Healing — Not a Step Back Grief researcher Dr. Alan Wolfelt, author of Healing Your Grieving Heart, reminds us that “Remembering is not a retreat from healing; it is an essential part of it.” Many of...
Funeral planning 6 min read Should my child attend the Funeral or Memorial Service? So, you had someone close to you die and you are wondering if your child should attend the funeral or memorial service. There is not a definite ‘right or wrong’...
