Day 65: After a series of heavier posts, I offer up an ode to one of the wisest grief companions in my life: our Holland Lop,...

Day 64: Hard Grief Truths So much of my personal and professional work exists in the realm of building tolerance—tolerance for...

Day 63: Why does it feel harder? One of the hardest things about grief is how it can feel like it’s getting worse, seemingly out of the...

Day 62: The “Who-to-Tell” Pyramid As I reflect on the early days of my own acute grief, I remember the hazy quality of everything—the...

Day 61: The Missing Keeps Happening Before experiencing acute grief, it’s hard to conceptualize the level of missing that grievers live...

Day 60: Pause. Get Quiet. Get Still. Drink a Paloma. Turn Inward. Shift. I am living what I have witnessed so often—the increased...

Day 59: How Does a Therapist Grieve #12? PLAY Yep. You read it correctly. Even after my marriage died, then after my dad died—even...

Day 58: How Does a Therapist Grieve #11? Knowing the Differences between Empathy and Compassion This may be a controversial topic...

Grieving a child is barely survivable. I see it everyday. As I am with people trying to survive the unimaginable, I spend a lot of time...

Day 59: How Does a Grief Therapist Grieve #10? Allow the Absence to Take Shape The grief is taking up residence. It has moved in. It...

Day 57: How Does a Therapist Grieve #9? I let myself fall apart in the car and on the airplane. Cars and planes can be grief...

Day 56: How Does a Grief Therapist Grieve #8? I hold the possibility that there is enough space for both my own grief AND for the...

Day 55: How Does a Therapist Grieve #7? Surrendering to Receiving (featuring work by artist @paulxrutz) Receiving help can feel like an...

Day 54: How Does a Therapist Grieve #6? Facing the truth that the grief will not go away. Saying that the grief “won’t go away” can be...

Day 53: How Does a Therapist Grieve #5? Seek Out Projects (Hammer preferred) I grew up going to the hardware store with my dad. I...

Day 52: How Does a Therapist Grieve #4? Allowing For Not Knowing and Mind Changing My ability and willingness (and even relief) to say...

Day 51: How Does a Therapist Grieve #3? By Getting Lost in a Meaty Novel As much as I let the absences flow over and into and through...

Day 50: How Does a Therapist Grieve #2? Noticing the Absences As painful as it is, I let myself notice the absences. My mom offered up ...

Day 49: 1a. Why these Children’s Grief Books? The reason I offer up these books is that they cover the 4 important elements in...

Day 48: How Does a Grief Therapist Grieve? Collect Quality Children’s Grief Books. As I grief therapist, I am supposed to tell you that I...