Death is a sheltered experience in our dominant culture, and many shy away from doing anything so as to avoid doing the ...

I lost my mom 19 years ago. Well, actually, it all started 15 years before that when she was diagnosed, at age 49, with Alzheimer's disease. Those years were torturous. Diagnosis of this hideous ...

Grief isn't always tied to a grave. Sometimes, the people we mourn are still walking this earth, breathing the same air as us, yet unreachable—thanks to the tangled webs of time, circumstance, or ...

Grief is the response to a loss, particularly the loss of a loved one and sets in when death strikes. The process is associated with negative emotions such as sadness, anger or sorrow. In her book, ...

“Loss is never easy, but learning about the normal, necessary process of grief and mourning can help. Everyone grieves and mourns differently, but there are six steps that we all must encounter.” The ...

Joan Didion, author of "The Year of Magical Thinking," speaks at the College of Marin in Kentfield, California in February, 1977. Grief is a profound and complicated experience. The process of grief ...

In my last two posts, I have written about death and ways in which you can deal with it using the skills and the attitudes of resilience. We discussed the importance of not avoiding your feelings and ...

Collective grief is a powerful tool that has historically fueled social justice organizing—and healing. Everyone is grieving. We may not always know what someone is grieving, or at what stage of the ...

Struggling to see the light after a traumatic experience? A psychologist explains the stages of grief and offers 8 practical ...

Sudden surges of anguish can accompany intense mourning. That’s not unusual, experts say, and sometimes even helpful.

For those who have recently lost a pet, this hotline is helping pet owners cope. Losing a pet can be difficult to go through alone, but thanks to the Pet Loss Support Hotline at Cummings School of ...