Grief Support Gone Wrong: When You’re Beyond Second Chances
Nothing puts a person’s support system to the test quite like a crisis. When the clouds of hardship dull the …
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When Grief Goes From Just Plain Miserable to Problematic
Addressing the question of what’s “normal” or “expected” in grief is part and parcel of working in the field of grief and bereavement. Nevertheless, …
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The more we learn about grief, the less we know
Dear Readers, Some of you may have noticed, most of you probably didn’t, that we skipped our annual anniversary/state-of-the-blog/thanks-for-your-support/request-for-donations post …
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Four Easy, Last-Minute Ideas For Memorializing Loved Ones This Holiday
If you’re like me, you can’t believe the holidays are here. Between the hustle and bustle of the holiday season …
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Nighttime Rumination in Grief
Some nights feel like an abyss. It starts small, with a thought or a memory or a worry that cracks …
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Sending Holiday Cards After A Death: the great debate
After losing a loved one there are approximately a million holiday grief challenges that arise. From bursting into tears in …
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Grief at Thanksgiving: Gratitude with a grain of salt
I’ll go ahead an acknowledge the giant turkey in the room, Thanksgiving can be the pits for people who are …
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Hey Old Friend: reconnecting with people who matter
For a while now I have been thinking about the way people come in and out of our lives. This …
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Everyone Needs a Prayer
Those of you who follow WYG know that for the last few weeks we have been publishing guest posts from …
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Trust Me As I Grieve
We continue this month with a little help from our grief-friends. Today we have a post from Laura Abbruzzese, a child …
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Photographing Grief: Photos and reflections from friends of WYG
As some of you know, throughout this month we will be sharing content submitted by guest contributors. We have a …
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Tell Two Jokes and Call me in the Morning: How Humor Helped my Family Grieve
We are working on some projects over here at the WYG headquarters (otherwise known as ‘whatever coffee shop we wandered …
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