In our society, many people struggle to determine if their grief after a loss is normal. After all, we don’t get to see other people grieve. Most people don’t grieve publicly and often feel they have ...

National Grief Awareness Day is Saturday Aug. 30. It’s a day dedicated to open communication on loss and bereavement to raise awareness about the experience of grief and the grieving process, to ...

A decade later, she spoke to me about her grief in metaphors, as something ongoing rather than completed, a process that had shifted shape over time but had not ended. Ella’s experience is not unusual ...

There’s no right way to grieve, but there are gentler ways to move through the anger, the silence, and the weight it leaves ...

My wife died ten months ago. In another two months, I will have a new mental disorder: “Prolonged Grief Disorder.” ...

We all know that it is normal to feel sad for a while when we lose a loved one, but grief is often much bigger than just sadness, making it hard to feel like yourself. You might even wonder if you are ...

Caregivers often get into health care because of an underlying desire to help heal people. That is why when caregivers lose patients, it can have a big emotional impact. Grief is a natural and normal ...

Grief can cause digestive problems like stomach pain, constipation, or diarrhea. The stress of grief can weaken the immune system, making you more prone to illness. Sleep problems, like insomnia, are ...