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Grief Meets Existential Dread
The What's Your Grief Podcast: grief support for those who like to listen. In this grief podcast, Eleanor Haley, MS and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C, the mental health professionals behind the website...
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Seeking Comfort During Grief: Too much, too little, just right
For further articles on these topics: Coping with Grief Triggers, Avoidance, Grief Coping Styles Comfort is one of my favorite words in the English language. Like many people, I crave comforting...
View ArticleTisha B'av
This Wednesday night/Thursday (July 26/27) marks what is known as the saddest day of the year on the Jewish calendar. On this day throughout history the Jewish people suffered persecutions of all...
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Video Games and Grief: an Introduction
Today's guest author is Kailey Bradley. Kaleyis a licensed professional counselor in the state of Ohio, a nationally certified counselor, and a fellow in thanatology. She is also a doctoral student in...
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The Burials Along Memory Lane
I remember exactly where I was when I first heard the Jason Isbell song Elephant. It was late at night. I was driving in my car, before I knew about Shazam, trying to remember a couple of lines of...
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Rosh Hashana: Adapting to a “New Grief”
Today's guest author is Michal Baitz. Michal is the founder and facilitator of The Mending Word, a healing space for grieving and connecting. The Mending Word is a grief writing workshop created for...
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Thoughts on Grief Dreams
For further articles on these topics: Is this Normal?, Sleep I had the most disturbing dream when my mom was sick. She was sleeping in the big reclining chair that had become one of the few spots...
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What You Really Need to Know About 'Grieving Stages'
For further articles on these topics: Grief Articles for Beginners, Grief Theory, Grief Myths What you really need to know about grieving stages is that, for the most part, they are a myth. It's...
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Finding your Balance in the Sukkah
Today's guest author is Michal Baitz. Michal is the founder and facilitator of The Mending Word, a healing space for grieving and connecting. The Mending Word is a grief writing workshop created for...
View Article64 Ways to Honor Deceased Loved Ones
For further articles on these topics: Remembrance Ideas, Continued Bonds, 64 Things Our guess is that you’ve probably already found personal ways of honoring the person you have lost. There are...
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Photogrief: Cycles of Growth and Decay
For further articles on these topics: Photography, PhotoGrief Project It’s been a while since we’ve had a new photogrief post around here. I can’t fully say why, but I think it's in part because both...
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Connecting to Gratitude with Quotes that Won't Grind Your Grieving Gears
For further articles on these topics: Gratitude, Thanksgiving, Quotes There are a lot of things that feel not quite right about celebrating Thanksgiving after a loss. For starters, you're grieving,...
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A Grief Greater than the Sum of its Parts
Types of Grief, Grieving a Friend, Grieving a Child I learned a new word recently – ending. It was coined by physician Robert Webster, describing the last living member of a lineage or a species. I was...
View ArticleThe Longest Night: grief and the winter solstice
The winter solstice is upon us. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, it's the 24-hour period with the fewest hours of daylight all year. It's sometimes referred to as the 'longest night of the year',...
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The Paradoxical Grief of Anticipated Sudden Death
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about a grief phenomenon that I know is felt by many but doesn't seem to get much airtime. It's something I experienced in three significant losses in my life,...
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The Griefy-est Time of the Year
The What's Your Grief Podcast: grief support for those who like to listen. In this grief podcast, Eleanor Haley, MS and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C, the mental health professionals behind the website...
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Moving Forward Challenges (in the New Year and Beyond)
The What's Your Grief Podcast: grief support for those who like to listen. In this grief podcast, Eleanor Haley, MS and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C, the mental health professionals behind the website...
View ArticleThe Case for Unscripted Grief Support: Why we no longer advise people what...
For further articles on these topics: How to Help, Grief Support Tips, Support Professionals When we first started WYG in 2012, we leaned heavily into a category of grief support advice that we no...
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Embracing the Strength of Weak Ties
For further articles on these topics: Loneliness, Isolation, Support Systems While strong ties, like our relationships with close friends and family, are a critical part of emotional support, recent...
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From Grief Literacy to Grief Humility
The What's Your Grief Podcast: grief support for those who like to listen. In this grief podcast, Eleanor Haley, MS and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C, the mental health professionals behind the website...
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