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normalizing grief

How Normalization and Validation Help in Grief

  • General
  • Eleanor Haley
Do complicated hardships require equally big and complex ways to cope?  Not always, especially not with something like grief. Grief…
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The Case for Unscripted Grief Support: Why we no longer advise people what not to say

When we first started WYG in 2012, we leaned heavily into a category of grief support advice that we no…
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grief support regret

64 Grief Support Regrets: You Don't Know 'til You Know

Recently, going through some boxes that had moved with me, unopened, over several moves, I found a stack of cards.…
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grief and the errand hang text

Grief and the Errand Hang

This year the internet came together to celebrate the "errand hang" and we at What's Your Grief are absolutely here…
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meet them where they're at grief

64 Ways to "Meet Grieving People Where They're At"

"Meet them where they're at" is a common (and sound) suggestion for how to support a grieving friend or family…
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How To Support Someone Grieving When You Can't Be With Them

  • Blog
  • Litsa Williams
Grief is always isolating. And if you have a friend or family member who has lost a loved one during…
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How To Help A Grieving Friend: Beyond The Basics

This isn't our first post on how to support a friend who is grieving. It probably won't be our last.…
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Good Grief Support Isn't Just a One Time Thing

Good Grief Support Isn't Just a One Time Thing

Let’s have a conversation about grief support. Actually, scratch that, let’s not have a—as in singular—conversation about grief support. Instead, let’s…
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A Holiday Gift Giving Guide for Grievers

Whether you are shopping as a griever or for a griever (or both!), searching for gifts at the holidays can…
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