Archive for Unique Nature of Grief

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

For those wanting to support grieving people, the concepts of "grief competence" and "grief literacy" have often been touted as…

I know this might sound controversial. Or, at minimum, unexpected from a grief writer and therapist. If you’ve spent any…

Grief is human, but this doesn't mean you have to like it. In case you're worried, I will not be…

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

If ever there were a time you'd expect to cry, it's after the death of a loved one or other…

Grief-friends - this is a simple article about comparing grief and why you shouldn't do it. The grief-comparison game is common…

Whenever we ask people about the emotions of grief, whether it is here on the blog, in a workshop, a group,…

Here's a test question for you: Which of the following grief related behaviors is abnormal? A.  A father who visits his son's…