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...
Grief experience 9 min read Grief during the holidays: ‘Tis the Season to Be Sad, Confused, Exhausted and Angry – Oops – I Mean Jolly Grief during the holidays can make every tradition feel heavy and every gathering bittersweet. This is my story. Riding the Rollercoaster of the Holiday Season Welcome once again to the...
Grief experience 4 min read Turning Grief Into Light: How Losing My Brother Led to Creating Afterlights Is it possible turning grief into light? When I lost my little brother a few years ago, my world stopped.He was only 18 years old — full of life, the...
Coping with grief 6 min read When the World Expects Joy: Navigating the Holidays While Grieving Navigating the holidays while grieving can feel impossible. Traditions, lights, and laughter can all remind you of the person you’ve lost, making joy feel out of reach. The holiday season...
Coping with grief 3 min read Grief Is a Life Sentence Grief Has No Expiration Date They told me time would heal. They told me to give it a year, as if grief came with an expiration date. As if one...
Grief counseling 6 min read Hello friend, gorgeous human, and fellow griever. Many of us have been there on both sides of grief’s shockingly silent yet powerful divide. Standing on the outside of someone’s pain, words disappearing in our throat. The desperate,...
