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Grief Myths: Illustrated
A few weeks back we published a post called 64 Myths About Grief that Just Need to Stop. Today, I’m going to illustrate a few of these grief myths because my brain is too fried right now to compose...
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What’s Your Question: How Do I Find Support as a Grieving 20-Something?
It is (finally) time for another installment of What’s Your Question, thanks to a question from new WYG reader, Lauren. Lauren sent us the email below just the other day: Hello, I just stumbled upon...
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Speaking Your Pain
I’ve been having a hard time deciding what to write for today’s post. It’s currently National Suicide Prevention Week and tomorrow is September 11th and I know these days are meaningful to a lot of...
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To Care or Not to Care
Sometimes I fantasize about not caring. As someone who cares probably just a little too much, the thought of scaling down my number of concerns seems liberating. To clarify, I don’t mean not feeling...
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Supporting a Grieving Child: The Importance of Modeling
Readers with children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews, or any child-age friend or family member, I want you to envision the following scenario: You are flipping through the television channels with...
View ArticleGrief and Forgiveness Part Two: 12 Tips for Self-Forgiveness
Remember when I wrote a post on grief and forgiveness and I promised I would follow it up with a second post on grief and self-forgiveness? Come on, think reeeally hard. Go way back in your WYG...
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State of What’s Your Grief: Updates and Announcements
Approximately once a year, Litsa and I take a break from grief support in order to give a little ‘State of WYG’ update. You might not know it, but we are more than just a super happening grief blog....
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The Grief Wall: Loss of Identity After Stillbirth
This essay was written by one of our grief friends, Alex. We very rarely have guest posts, only when we know the writer’s message will resonate with those who’ve had similar experiences in a way we...
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Family Misunderstanding After a Death
Ahhhh family. Family, family, family. Family can be great, but that’s not what this post is about. This post is about death and grief and all those times you’ve looked at a family member and said –...
View ArticleGrief and The Fear of Letting Go
In the beginning, grief is a fog; a thick, dense, and never ending barrier between you and the world as you once knew it. At one point you figured it would lift, as fog tends to do, but after days and...
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Buddha, Nietzsche and Grief
Many moons ago I wrote a post about how philosophy became my primary grief support when I was in college. Weird, I know. But when you are 19 years old seeking grief support isn’t exactly on the top...
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Are you there yet? The pressure to get over grief
Don’t you guys just love taking road trips with little kids? Without kids, who would make you stop to go to the bathroom every hour? Who would loudly argue just two feet behind your head as you...
View ArticleUnderstanding Survivor Guilt
Guilt. We have talked about it from a lot of different angles around here. We have talked about the shoulda, woulda, couldas. We have talked about regret, about guilt after an overdose death, and...
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Celebrities Speaking Up About Grief – Volume 13
If you are a WYG regular (and we hope you are) you probably know we love love love when celebrities open up about grief. No, it is not because we take some twisted pleasure in the pain of the rich and...
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Dear Grief: Share your letters to grief and support Children’s Grief...
Dear Grief, It’s been a few years since I’ve written, I’m not sure if you noticed. I guess the last time we officially corresponded I had some less than nice things to say about you. I’m sorry about...
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A Simple Wish for Baltimore
On April 28, 2015 I was scheduled to speak at Grand Rounds at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City. I woke up that morning feeling exhausted, overwhelmed and directionless – much like many of my fellow...
View ArticleTalking To Kids About The Paris Attacks
I have no words for the tragedy that has unfolded in Paris tonight. I wish there were words of wisdom or comfort or insight I could offer, but you know as well as I that no such words exist. As...
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‘Tis the Season for Grief-Related Social Anxiety
Part of my self-care regime is reading The Onion articles whenever possible. I don’t know what it is, their headlines just speak to my personal sense of neuroticism and social awkwardness. Some may...
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Dear Grief
We put out a call to action last week encouraging all of you out there, adults and kids alike, to write a letter to grief in honor of Children’s Grief Awareness Day. When the letters didn’t come...
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Everything You Wish You Didn’t Need To Know About Holiday Grief
We all wish we weren’t members of this terrible club where socks bring you to tears at Target, where you see your loved one in crazy places, and where the holidays bring a sense of impending dread....
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