Archive for Coping Tools

A few weeks ago, we published a post about absent grief (i.e., feeling like you're not grieving as much as…

Journaling is one of WYG's favorite, go-to, grief coping methods for many reasons. First, it offers you a simple way…

I recently read a quote from grief researcher and theorist Kenneth Doka: "All grief becomes disenfranchised over time." I actually…

C.S. Lewis famously wrote: “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” I’ve often thought all grieving…

Imagine you're talking to a close friend who is grieving and she tells you she's frustrated because she doesn’t think…

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…