Overdose Awareness: 45 Celebrity Overdose Deaths

At work the other day I found myself in a conversation about drug overdoses and, as usual, I disturbed more…
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Considerations for Caregivers

Supporting Grieving Families: tips for RNs and others on the front line

We have a series here at What's Your Grief called 'What's Your Question', where we tackle the grief questions that…
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tips for continuing bonds with people we've lost

16 Tips for Continuing Bonds with People We've Lost

With decades of grief theory that focused on closure, acceptance, and moving on, it is no wonder that so many…
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64 more things I wish someone had told me about grief

64 MORE Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Grief

Back in October, I wrote a post of 64 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Grief. I wrote…
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What's Your Grief Style? (aka coping for your kind of crazy)

We talk a lot here at WYG about different grief theories.  We do our best to break them down in a…
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Grief in 'Looking for Alaska': A Grief Book Review

Grief in 'Looking for Alaska': A Grief Book Book Review

The recipe for a good vacation for me is a big pile of books. Leaving for ten days of vacation, I…
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“Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything." - CS Lewis

Continuing Bonds: Shifting the Grief Paradigm

Last week we got a request for the next installment in our series on different grief theories. I have to…
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Good Grief Scrapbooking for the Artistically Challenged

Good Grief Scrapbooking for the Artistically Challenged

Valentine’s Day is not at the top of our favorite holiday list around here, grief or no grief. If facing the…
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A 'Driveway Moment' for Grievers feat David Sedaris

A 'Driveway Moment' for Grievers feat. David Sedaris

I had an NPR driveway moment on Sunday. No surprise, I was listening to This American Life (with Ira Glass,…
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