A Morning Mourning Routine
A loss creates seismic shifts in a life. The structure that supports it falls in on itself, the rhythm of that life is disrupted, a...
Coming back to life after loss: how it works
A loss pushes you back from the front lines of life, into a smaller place of emotion and turmoil where you try to figure out how to live...
Loss, resilience, and post-traumatic growth
How many times have we heard that a cancer patient has declared that they wouldn’t change a thing, because living with the diagnosis has...
How do I face the funeral?
In the days between loss of a loved one and the funeral or memorial there is much to be done. The family assembles photos to trace...
The Five Stages of Grief: Do they still apply, and to whom?
Grief descends on anyone who is facing loss. We most often think first of a person who has lost a loved one to death, but grief does not...
A mourning ritual from another culture, another time
Humans in every culture, in every time have found their ways to grieve. On a trip to New Zealand, I discovered one that was brought...
Facing Fathers Day without a father
Father’s Day does not mean the same thing to everyone. The first time I ever paid attention to it was in 4th grade. Before that, lacking...
Who are the Grief Police and how can you resist arrest?
Little-known fact: The Five Stages of grief are the source of almost-fifty years worth of conventional wisdom about grief. But they were...
The Legacy of a Young Man
At first, we think our loved one who has died is gone from us forever. His absence seems all that is left behind, and it occupies all the...
A healing idea for Mother's Day
Your mother probably wants to hear from you – even if she lives next door, even if she lives half a world away, even if you haven’t...
