Archive for Coping Tools

We have hundreds of articles on this site with thousands of ideas for living life after loss. But today, after…

Grieving is a verb, like walking or talking or roaring or dancing or building. But when people talk about grieving,…

by Erik Boone Every night, I stayed with my dad as he slowly transitioned. He was in hospice. In the…

I may be betraying my trade as a mental health professional to admit that, personally, I’m not much for counseling…

We are working on some projects over here at the WYG headquarters (otherwise known as 'whatever coffee shop we wandered…

Defense mechanisms refer to behaviors used to protect oneself from unpleasant thoughts and emotions like guilt, anger, shame, and jealousy. Some…

by Carole Ross This is how I feel, surrounded by hardness – the hard things I must face, the hard…

You've been there before.  Heck, we've all been there. It's been a long week, you're tired, the weather's not that…

Experiencing the death of a loved one can throw a person all out of whack, am I right? Grief is…