celebrities speaking up about grief

Celebrities Talking About Grief: Volume 2

Last month, we started a monthly series on celebrities speaking up about grief. If you missed it you can see…
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grief journals

Grief Journals: Should Picking a Grief Journal Really Be This Complicated?

Journaling is a tried and true coping tool for exploring grief, as well as other complicated emotions.  Why does it…
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my grief support group: philosophers

College Grief: Finding A Support Group of Dead White Men

There is this Tom Petty quote plastered all over the internet about college.  “I've learned one thing, and that's to…
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How to write a sympathy card

How to Write a Sympathy Card

Why is writing a sympathy card so hard? It seems like it should be simple, yet even the most compassionate…
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Crying In Public (aka Sometimes Socks are Sad)

Crying in public happens. For example, sometimes you are in a store, and the tears just start coming. A small…
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soundtrack for grief

Grief Soundtrack

We've written a few articles about grief soundtracks and music on WYG. But way back in the beginning, we were…
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what to send to funeral instead of flowers

What to Send to a Funeral Instead of Flowers

Sending flowers to a funeral is a customary--I'm not here to knock it. I know that sometimes flowers are the…
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celebrity grief

Celebrities Speaking Up About Grief

I will clue you guys in on a little secret: Here at WYG, we talk about grief and loss. A…
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grief and buddhism

Grief and Buddhism: Comfort in Impermanence

My dad died when I was in college.  It was shortly after that I took my first class in Eastern Philosophy. …
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