Day 71: Anatomy of Grief-Shattered Heart In this work, I continue to be floored by how we can be at once shattered and whole, raw and...

Day 70: “Acceptance” in Grief Out in the world, the word “acceptance” can imply agreement, or consent, or even acknowledgement that...

Day 55: The Change of Seasons The first day of Fall was yesterday and while some are anticipating gourd season and pumpkin spice lattes,...

Day 54: The Dreading Days The “dreading days” come in many forms—birthdays, anniversaries, any holiday, big or small, the date of a...

Day 53: Grief Balm And then there come those moments that offer some balm for grief. Grief balm comes in many forms (and yes, can be...

Day 52: Grief is Not Contagious One aim I have in my work is to spread the word that grief is not contagious. The people my clients (and...

Day 50: Grace: It Changes Things I use the word ‘grace’ a ton and have been wondering why I’m drawn to it as grief professional. First...

Day 49: Just. Show. Up. When people ask me, what should I do for someone who is grieving? How can I support them? My answer is simple....

Day 48: The Chatter of Grief Waves As sad as this feels to admit, being a grief professional doesn’t substitute as “preparation” for...

Day 47: Anticipatory Grief Anticipatory grief is a normal human reaction to impending loss, including all of the thinking, feeling, and...

Day 46: Grief is Not a Singular Event When we grieve a major loss in our lives, the truth is that we will grieve many things within that...

Day 45: Maya Angelou’s Wisdom I hold Maya Angelou’s wisdom close in my work and in my life. I have noticed that deep grief offers a...

Day 43: Grief and Suicidality, in honor of National Suicide Prevention Week In deep grief, it is normal to have thoughts about not...

Day 38: Grieving and Living Many of my clients arrive worried they are either 1) not getting grief right or not grieving enough or 2) not...

Day 37: The Mornings In grief, I often hear about that moment one wakes up to a pleasant fuzziness or comforting unknowing. This...

Day 36: Guilt in Grief There are many ways we humans complicate our grief experience, and one that I see often is in our tendency to have...

Day 35: Grief PSA Knowing what to say and even more importantly, what not to say, to grieving people can be tricky. Even as a grief...

Day 34: Grief is Physical I have been searching for years for a worthy description of the physicality of grief. I have finally found one...

Day 33: Simply put, grieving at each developmental stage means grieving at each life transition. Such transitions might include marriage,...

Day 32: Where does my grief belong? With the current horrors and terror in Afghanistan, I have been asking myself a question that I hear...