Grief and Exercise: A Guide for Those Who Prefer the Couch

Grief and Exercise: A Guide For Those Who Prefer the Couch

Mental health professionals are too often in the tragic position of knowing exactly what they should do to take care of…
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continuing bonds journal exercise inspired by Billy Joe Shaver

Continuing Bonds: A Grief Journal Exercise

So, the plan was to post on forgiveness yesterday... But, no surprise, forgiveness is a super complicated topic and I…
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celebrities speaking up about grief

Celebrities Speaking Up About Grief: Volume 9

You may have thought we just abandoned our "Celebrities Speaking Up About Grief" series because it has been so long,…
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guilt and grief

Guilt and Grief: coping with the shoulda, woulda, couldas

When my dad died I remember well the intense guilt I had in the months that followed.  Though his death…
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What's Your Question: Should Children Attend Funerals?

I was talking some friends a while back about when they went to their first funeral (that’s what you get…
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Grief and Faith: The Relationship Between Belief and Grief

Grief and Faith: The Relationship Between Grief and Belief

I have had several people tell me recently that well-intentioned friends and pastors have thrown a little quip at them…
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Supporting Kids Who Can't Remember Their Dads This Father's Day

It is no secret, I hate Father’s Day.  If you missed last year's Father's Day post in which I discussed the…
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fault in our stars review

The Fault In Our Stars: A WYG Review

When I decided to go see The Fault In Our Stars the day it opened in theaters I should have…
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Making Grief Friends

Making Grief Friends

64 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Grief, #57: Grief re-writes your address book. I lost my dad…
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