I lost my mom 19 years ago. Well, actually, it all started 15 years before that when she was diagnosed, at age 49, with Alzheimer's disease. Those years were torturous. Diagnosis of this hideous ...

Grief is the response to a loss, particularly the loss of a loved one and sets in when death strikes. The process is associated with negative emotions such as sadness, anger or sorrow. In her book, ...

Grief isn't always tied to a grave. Sometimes, the people we mourn are still walking this earth, breathing the same air as us, yet unreachable—thanks to the tangled webs of time, circumstance, or ...

“Loss is never easy, but learning about the normal, necessary process of grief and mourning can help. Everyone grieves and mourns differently, but there are six steps that we all must encounter.” The ...

Joan Didion, author of "The Year of Magical Thinking," speaks at the College of Marin in Kentfield, California in February, 1977. Grief is a profound and complicated experience. The process of grief ...

Struggling to see the light after a traumatic experience? A psychologist explains the stages of grief and offers 8 practical ...

Sudden surges of anguish can accompany intense mourning. That’s not unusual, experts say, and sometimes even helpful.

Source: Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash. Most of us are familiar with The Five Stages of Grief; the idea being that you experience denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance after a ...

In my last two posts, I have written about death and ways in which you can deal with it using the skills and the attitudes of resilience. We discussed the importance of not avoiding your feelings and ...

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