We are trying to keep up in a world that won’t slow down, even as our hearts are breaking. When we suppress our grief, we ...

As the world around her celebrated, Edmonson would be hit with swells of overwhelming, whole-body grief that transported her back to that day on the ship. It felt, she says, like “complete suffocation ...

Mourning is hard — especially when you're grieving the loss of a loved one. The sudden loss can feel paralyzing, making it difficult to grasp the depth of your feelings as urgent questions flood your ...

WILMINGTON, Del. — Inside this elementary school are lessons in life and loss. “Adults grieve, children grieve,” said Katie Koontz, a school bereavement therapist. The children there all lost someone ...

Mourning the death of a loved one — a child, a sibling, a parent, a relative, a friend — is difficult no matter the circumstances. But losing someone to homicide can be particularly traumatic, ...

When we run up against difficult emotions, one of the places I find that people get most tripped up is expecting that there is a certain way that one should feel. And, taking this further, that often ...

For the past year, I’ve lived inside grief. When my father died — a man estranged from my immediate family — I became the executor of his affairs. I spent my days cleaning out his apartment and filing ...

In September, my mom died after a short battle with colon cancer. She was 83 and lived a full life in which she had a fulfilling career in education, traveled the world visiting 100-plus countries, ...

Our culture has never been comfortable with death. When someone close to us has a parent, sibling, or child die, we often don’t know what to say, let alone how to provide comfort and support. It’s ...