After my unexpected divorce several years ago, I was overwhelmed with grief. However, my grief felt different than other losses I'd experienced. Desperate to "feel better", I followed my curiosity ...

My husband and I woke up in the afterglow this morning. With help from members of a local repertory troupe, we performed to a near-sellout audience last night at a small black box theater in Atlanta.

When Cody Delistraty lost his mother in 2014, he was surprised by the various ways that he, his brother and his father dealt with their grief. The journalist and speechwriter had expected his family’s ...

"Sick with grief" describes the profound toll of loss on our bodies during the grieving process. Grief is defined as the deep emotional response to loss, and encompasses a spectrum of reactions that ...

Earlier this year, my father passed away. As a therapist who has worked extensively with grief, and a person who has experienced many loses in recent years, in ways this was familiar terrain. Yet, ...

When it comes to grief, no two experiences are alike. There’s no roadmap for navigating complex feelings and emotions, and how you respond to an upsetting situation varies on the circumstance.

Losing a loved one represents one of life’s most challenging experiences, with grief following unpredictable patterns that defy simple categorization into neat stages. Mental health professionals at ...

On March 20, 2025, we passed the fifth anniversary of the start of the pandemic with very little fanfare. Though it radically altered life for all of us, and for some more than others, there was ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Lullaby for the Grieving was written over the last three years. In this collection of ...