Archive for Reflection

learning from hard seasons

Reflecting Back and Looking Ahead

Here we are, past Thanksgiving, Chanukah, and Christmas, inching closer to 2026. If you have an emotional hangover, you're not…
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Grief is Not Selfish

Grief is not selfish. This should go without saying, but it doesn't always. Grief may make us more self-focused for…
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The Longest Night: grief and the winter solstice

The winter solstice is upon us. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, it's the 24-hour period with the fewest hours of…
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The Burials Along Memory Lane

I remember exactly where I was when I first heard the Jason Isbell song Elephant. It was late at night.…
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Growing Through Grief

Today we're welcoming WYG mental health intern Patricia Cole with a guest article about her personal story of growth through…
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A Year of Grieving: Reflections on healing from a medical student, sister, and utterly lost griever

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  • Eleanor Haley
This is a guest-essay by Farah Abaza. We'd like to thank Farah for sharing her experiences with the What's Your…
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Grief Signs and the Frequency Illusion

Over the last few years I’ve had several friends die, all completely unexpectedly. I’ve been thinking a lot about the…
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relationship with the dead

What I've Learned About Having a Relationship With the Dead

A large part of grief is learning to have a relationship with a person who has died. I have shared…
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grief never ends

Grief Never Ends, and That's Okay.

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