If you are still struggling and not getting the help you need from friends and relatives, do not be afraid to try professional services. A grief counselor, support group, religious or community leader, or therapist can be an incredibly good resource—not just for handling your grief, but for...
How to Cope with Grief - Painful, but It Will Pass
Dealing with the death of a parent is hard for teens. The surviving parent, family, and friends want to help, but they don’t know how to begin the conversation. What can you say and do to comfort a grieving teen? For more help with teen grief: ...
“Everyone has to compromise to get along,” I said, “but if you have to compromise too much, it might be hard to be married to each other. If one of us wanted to travel a lot and one of us wanted to stay home a lot, we both might get frustrated a lot. Does that make sense...
When we experience loss, it’s normal to experience grief. Sometimes, we want to be tough on ourselves over it, but it’s okay and healthy to experience grief in and of itself.
Celebrity deaths can bring up complicated emotions, especially for children. Here’s how to help your child with grief.
While wallowing isn’t particularly effective for healing, don’t forget that grief isn’t a positive experience. Trying to shield a person’s suffering behind forced feelings ofhappinessisn’t going to make the pain go away. It’s just going to lodge it somewhere else. “Just be po...
When someone in our lives passes away, whether expected or unexpected, the memories stay with us, yet the routines that kept us grounded get thrown up to the wind. Thanksgiving can be especially tough for those going through grief for a variety of reasons. It was a loved one's favorite ...
Grief Support Resources Every person must cope with loss of a loved on his or her own terms. The emotional upheaval these trying times can cause is sometimes so overwhelming that even the support of friends and family may not help relieve the amount of sadness and grief you feel. ...
as a move, a job change, or retirement can lead to feelings of grief and mourning for your old life. Typically, the more significant a loss is, the more intense feelings of grief will be. It is important to understand the symptoms of grief as well as when you may need to seek help...