Our culture has never been comfortable with death. When someone close to us has a parent, sibling, or child die, we often don’t know what to say, let alone how to provide comfort and support. It’s ...

Mourning the death of a loved one — a child, a sibling, a parent, a relative, a friend — is difficult no matter the circumstances. But losing someone to homicide can be particularly traumatic, ...

Brent was a psychologist who specialized in grief, and we were trained to support others through suffering. Yet nothing could prepare me for my own loss. Research and personal experience have shown me ...

MYRA SACK looked around the circle at the other people who were geared up for their weekly Sunday morning run. They started as they always did, by each saying a name. These names represented a loved ...

Memorial altar for loved ones lost to an overdose by Art of Grief. Additions welcome. Photo by Michael Glownia. Grief doesn’t always need to be processed sitting still. For many, grief is best handled ...

Brenda Mayfield, DNP, assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, shares insight from her clinical experience supporting patients navigating the emotional ...

Caroline McKinnon knows grief: At 82, she has mourned loved ones and grieved the loss of her youth. She's a grief therapist too, working in Marin County with older adults who, like herself, may be ...

There’s no one-size-fits-all solution, but these tips may help.

I thought when someone was bereaved it was the first couple of months and then everything was okay again. I was so naive. It is so different. When I met Ella, it had been ten years since her father ...