Archive for Coping Tools

Over the years, we’ve talked a lot about the different therapeutic approaches commonly used to manage grief. Despite our love…

Grief is complex. I think we all can agree on this. Grief twists, turns, changes, and evolves. A number of…

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…