Nostalgia in Grief: A Deep Dive

I'm worried. I don't know what the future looks like. I don't know if everything is going to be okay. …
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intellectualization in grief

Intellectualization in Grief: Defense Mechanisms Demystified

Here's to the intellectualizers. You know who you are. It's okay. I'm one, too. We're the overthinkers, the naval gazers,…
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inability to trust in grief

Experiencing an Inability to Trust After Loss

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  • Eleanor Haley
Well-known developmental psychologists like Erik Erickson and Jean Piaget say that our ability to trust begins to develop in infancy.…
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normalizing grief

How Normalization and Validation Help in Grief

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  • Eleanor Haley
Do complicated hardships require equally big and complex ways to cope?  Not always, especially not with something like grief. Grief…
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glimmers in grief

Finding Glimmers in Grief

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  • Eleanor Haley
In grief we think a lot about triggers – those cues in the world around you that leave you doubled…
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grief and sobriety

Grief and Sobriety: Discovering Loss Amid Positive Change

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  • Eleanor Haley
Though it may sound odd to some, a person's connection to a substance can parallel a real-life relationship in many…
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grief theory MAGD

What's Your Grief Theory? Model of Adaptive Grieving Dynamics

It's been quite a while since we've broken down a new grief theory here on WYG. According to my research,…
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The Case for Unscripted Grief Support: Why we no longer advise people what not to say

When we first started WYG in 2012, we leaned heavily into a category of grief support advice that we no…
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thanksgiving quotes after losing a loved one

Connecting to Gratitude with Quotes that Won't Grind Your Grieving Gears

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  • Eleanor Haley
There are a lot of things that feel not quite right about celebrating Thanksgiving after a loss. For starters, you're grieving, and…
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