Dear Eric: I have a friend I’ll call “Sally.” She is in her mid-50s and is single with no kids. Both of her parents are deceased. Prior to her mother’s death, she quit her job to care for her. Once ...

When someone we care about loses a loved one, our first instinct is usually to say something comforting or, worse, give advice.

This month, we asked our audience: What words of comfort do you say to a friend whose loved one has passed away? It was part of a podcast episode and story we did on how to support a grieving friend.

Wondering how you can comfort a grieving loved one? Here are some ideas. Losing somebody close to you is a major life crisis. A person may go through all the stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, ...

Rather than our usual discussion on the joys of living a positive life and putting the best face on some of the tougher times that life hands us, today, I’d like to turn our focus to our friends who ...

Very few of us escape situations that will bring us grief: sickness and death of family, friends, and co-workers cause us to grieve, i.e., to express our sadness over our loss. Grief has many ...

Queen Elizabeth II herself famously said, "grief is the price we pay for love". It’s a beautiful and true statement, but it ...

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Dear Eric: My daughter died in 2009 at the age of 26. She had a chronic condition at the time and treatment was not available in the United States. She died in Mexico at a top hospital. At the time ...