We talk a lot about the emotional experience of grief, but it’s not only our hearts that need tending–our bodies do too.

If you’ve convinced yourself that your grief is a burden to others, pay attention to what walls you may have built—and consider what could happen if you let them down.

The holidays season can bring up tender and painful feelings for grievers. Read for coping strategies, recommended reading, and free online events where you can find support.

October is also often a tough month for people who are grieving. If you’re feeling extra tender right now, it might be more than what you’re aware of on the surface.

When the worst happens, the feeling that we have no control can become magnified. It’s when we feel no agency that it can become even more important to find or create it.

Sometimes grief feels like the most un-figureoutable, unforgiving, unreasonable thing there could ever be. This summer, it was all I could do to hang on, with nothing but a wing and a prayer, and the slightest hope that somehow I would find my way forward.

Online events, articles, and other resources for those grieving this Father’s Day (and those who love them).

To share or not to share? Here are some things to consider when it comes to disclosing loss.

Here’s my annual roundup of events and resources for those who might be feeling the pain of loss around Mother’s Day.

Just like relationships with the living, relationships with the dead are a two-way street. They require attention, love, intention, and dedicated time and space. They require showing up.