Facing Loss: When Hope and Grief Co-Exist
My mother died of pancreatic cancer. If you know anything about pancreatic cancer, you know that the survival statistics are …
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Times Like These, I Wish You Were Here
Times like these – when ‘I’m scared and worried – I wish you were here. When the seconds slow and …
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5 Benefits of Grief Journaling
Journaling is one of WYG’s favorite, go-to, grief coping methods for many reasons. First, it offers you a simple way …
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How To Talk To Children About Miscarriage and Stillbirth
We received a question this week about resources for talking with children about miscarriage and stillbirth. Though we have lots …
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WYG’s Definition of Grief
We’ve written extensively about grief over the years. We’ve expanded and clarified; we’ve waxed poetic; and, yes, perhaps we’ve even …
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64 Grief-Words That Should Exist
Many moons ago, we wrote an article about the limited language of grief. We lamented the reality that in grief …
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Grieving Someone You Didn’t Know (or Hardly Knew)
Loss takes many shapes. Sometimes loss takes the shape of someone we knew well. It’s tangible and detailed and reflects …
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Surviving Father’s Day Grief: When sadness meets storytelling
Perhaps because of gender stereotypes or how the people at Hallmark decided to spin it, Father’s Day has always felt …
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Mourning the Passage of Time
I’ll be a year older next week as far as my license is concerned. That’s a fancy way of saying …
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Self-Stigma in Grief: What is it and why does it matter?
Death, loss, and grief are experiences that impact almost every being on Earth at some point. These universal experiences touch everyone …
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We All Have A Grief Secret
I remember well the first time I ever saw Post Secret online. It was the year the site started, 2004. …
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Remembering Loved Ones on Facebook: the latest changes
When it comes to death and grief, there is a lot Facebook has gotten wrong over the years. They haven’t …
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