Death is a sheltered experience in our dominant culture, and many shy away from doing anything so as to avoid doing the ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The death of 12-year-old Juan Acevedo has been devastating to his family, this community, and schoolmates at Larkspur Middle School. But among the challenges faced when a ...
As we inch toward the holidays, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith shares how she's processing grief, a subject at the center of much of... How to process grief during the holidays, according ...
A preschooler's loss resurfaces differently as a teenager, and adults must understand that grief evolves over years, ...
In September, my mom died after a short battle with colon cancer. She was 83 and lived a full life in which she had a fulfilling career in education, traveled the world visiting 100-plus countries, ...
Grief doesn’t move in straight lines. Understanding common psychological models can help you recognize where you are, and why ...
PRINCETON, WV (WVNS) — The holidays usually bring feelings of joy and celebration. But for someone who’s in the process of grieving, they can feel heavy and empty. I was once told that grief is a lot ...
Here, a doctor offers three tips for navigating the experience of physician grief, which anyone with an emotionally taxing job can use. My experience working as a physician has been is bittersweet: ...
Grief is something everyone identifies with. The scientific definition might not emerge at the moment, but everyone can immediately identify with loss on some level. To have had something valuable in ...
Oklahoma City-based counseling provider Calm Waters is providing a new way to help children find ways to process their grief. Camp Courage is a one-day event that Calm Waters is set to host. The event ...
In a 2017 study of 771 bereaved that were 55 or older, around 25% of participants still experienced “persistent” grief after six years. Others eventually experienced less or no grief symptoms within ...