Archive for Grief Myths

One of my favorite grief memoirs is Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala. Fair warning: this is not a book for the…

What you really need to know about grieving stages is that, for the most part, they are a myth. It's…

"How long does grief last?" is a logical, valid, and common question. Grief, especially early on, causes distress in many…

You don't know what it's like to grieve for someone significant until you're in the depths of it. I think…

I want to petition the people of the Internet to stop defining, measuring, or comparing people's grief based on a…

I always wanted an imaginary friend as a child, but my mind wouldn't stretch far enough. I envied kids who…

For a decade, I've been saying to any griever who would listen - "When someone you love dies, you grieve…

Hello, grief friends, new friends, old friends, friends of friends, you know... all the friend categories. Today we have a…

Hello to the newly bereaved. I'm sorry to meet you here in the place where loved ones leave you —…