There are four states of being alone in grief: loneliness, aloneness, alienation, and isolation. I won’t have enough time to dive deeply into this within a short Grief Notes. However,…
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Grief shattered my plans. Now what?
I feel behind in life. It’s the repeating thought I’ve been battling for a long time until most recently. I went through old notebooks and found my 5 and 10-year…
The Parts They Left Out: What No One Tells You About Grief
When it comes to the aftermath of death, you aren’t told what to expect, only how you “should” be. Here are a few things to know when coping with grief.
Grief Guilt: How to Work Through It
A common effect of grief is feeling guilty about what we think we could or should have done, or sometimes, what we did do. Guilt in grief can make our…
COVID-19 Stole My Grief: My Loss Feels Lost in the Pandemic
The whole world is in crisis; but for those of us who were grieving before Covid, the world had already fallen apart. Megan Devine, psychotherapist and author of It’s OK…