People often say careless or ignorant things that they hope will help people in loss, but instead they make it harder for those who are grieving to feel cared for […]
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Grief and Loss
Death Cafés bring surprising lightness to heavy topic
What is a Death Café? I’m honored to be quoted in the Considerable.com article, How to die the way you want, by Randi Hutter Epstein. What is a death café, you ask? Death […]
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Beyond Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
In 1969, psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross published her seminal book On Death and Dying. She brought into popular consciousness the model of the Five Stages of Grief, gleaned from conversations she […]
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Why Study Grief?
Why don’t we understand grief? Why isn’t it easy to just admit we’re grieving and help each other? Today we often don’t recognize it for what it is – even […]
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After the Holidays
How do you cope after the holidays? When the din and press of the holidays have died down, sometimes it’s wonderful to just collapse on the couch and have the […]
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Coping with the Holidays – checklist
Although the holidays can demand a lot of us, we do have the right to make decisions about how we cope with those demands. We can decide what things we’ll […]
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Coping With The Holidays Checklist
Coping with the holidays. Although the holidays can demand a lot of us, we do have the right to make decisions about how we cope with those demands. We can […]
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When You’re Supposed To Be Happy But You’re Not: Surviving the Holidays
Surviving the Holidays For some people, the holidays truly are a festival of busy activities and happy gatherings. Holiday parties, family reunions, gift-giving, religious services, decorating, connecting with friends and […]
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When You’re Supposed To Be Happy, But You’re Not
Surviving the Holidays For anyone living with a painful loss or depression, the expectations that you’ll be happy during the holidays may be overwhelming and unwelcome. Memories – good or […]
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Losses Along the Way
Supporting the Grief of Caregivers When we are caregiving, there are many things we must do every day for the person we are caring for. But recognizing and honoring our own process […]
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