Five Things You Should Know About the ‘Five Stages of Grief’
Pour yourself a heavily caffeinated beverage and settle in because today were going to talk about grief theory. Just when …
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One More Day: What Would You Do?
I recently stumbled on the results of a study conducted in 2009 by Comfort Zone Camp. They polled 1,006 adults …
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Support System Superlatives: A Journaling Exercise
You’ve probably heard this phrase a few hundred times since your loved one’s death… Let me know if there’s anything …
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Weekend Edition: April 14th
Extra, extra! Read all about it. It’s time for us to distill the hours we’ve spent on the internet reading …
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Wedding Dress Shopping Without Mom
My sisters and I have been helping my youngest sister, Beth, pick out her wedding dress (yay!) via Facebook (booo!). …
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Grief Makes You Feel Like You’re Going Crazy
I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news for you…grief makes you feel like you’re going crazy. In the beginning, you …
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Love Your Regret
Please don’t tell me you don’t have any regrets…please…I beg of you. Normal people have regrets; it doesn’t make you …
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Comparing Grief: A Useless Endeavor
I was struck by something WYG guest blogger, Nick Frye, said in his article Self-care in Grief: The Myth of …
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Self-care in Grief: The Myth of Keeping Busy
I am very excited to introduce today’s guest author, Nick Frye. I’ve known Nick since my ‘Tests and Assessments’ course …
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Beautiful Pain: Found Poems and Creative Healing
Show of hands, who’s heard of ‘found poems’? Ahhh I see some of you aren’t acquainted. Here’s a simple …
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College Grief & Actively Moving Forward (AMF)
As it is, college can be hard. You are at the precipice of adulthood trying to build the foundation for …
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The Impact of Death on Life
I guess I’m probably one of the lucky ones. I was a complete stranger to tragedy well into my twenties. …
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