Working through both big and little grief events with a child and alone is a major take away. Source: Jeremy Thomas | Unsplash Over the last couple of years, the mental health of children has been ...
Until last year, I had never even heard of a grief ritual, so I certainly didn’t know what one was. But I was tossed into the ocean of grief when my father passed away after a long illness. I was lost ...
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 ...
When someone dies, those closest to them not only experience a personal loss, but they can become isolated in grief. Though many people want to avoid thinking about death, Lynette Jordan, a grief ...
October 15 is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day and, just ahead of that, I want to devote a post dedicated to interactions with children and their grief (knowing, of course, that this issue ...
OpEd: November is Grieving Children and Families Month, an important acknowledgment of the tens of thousands of young people ...
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The holiday season, often considered a time of joy and togetherness, can ...
Grief is a near-universal experience, as most people will go through a loss at some point in their lives, but it's also inherently personal—the way people process and cope with loss varies greatly ...
Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Grief is an inevitable part of life. It arrives unannounced, disrupts our routines and ...
Brent was a psychologist who specialized in grief, and we were trained to support others through suffering. Yet nothing could prepare me for my own loss. Research and personal experience have shown me ...