When we talk about grief, we tend to think of funerals and final goodbyes. But loss wears many faces—and not all of them involve death. Sometimes grief shows up quietly, when a chapter closes, a ...

The word grief has come to be understood solely as a reaction to a death. But that narrow understanding fails to encompass the range of human experiences that create and trigger grief. Here are four ...

Understanding that we are in fact undergoing psychological processes of grief can help us cope and respond as effectively as ...

When it comes to grief, the first thing on our mind is the biological loss of family members. We associate grief with death—the mourning of loved ones and the wake of three to seven days to say our ...

When it comes to grief, there’s no pecking order. Nor is it a zero-sum game. The loss of a loved one brings on the worst type of grief. But many other things—some big, many small—trigger real grief ...

When I suddenly lost my new partner, affectionately known by most people as Blacksmith Paul, eight months into a relationship in 2016, there was no word to describe my loss. I felt marooned on an ...

Grief, in short, is the natural reaction to loss. It can be caused by all kinds of losses — the death of a loved one, a pet, losing one's job, divorce, or many kinds of life changes. It's something ...

The floor opened up and swallowed her whole. A deafening silence. A sensory overload. Megan Maynard remembers everything about the 48 hours leading up to her daughter Violet's death – stillbirth, at ...

As the number of people who die from drug overdoses grows, the ripple effect for Americans is far-reaching. A survey by the nonprofit think tank Rand Corporation found that more than 40% of American ...

Regrettably, the despair of giving up a leadership role is a type of grief we are expected to quietly suppress. We are socially conditioned to be excited about what the next chapter of our lives holds ...