Unhelpful words can add pain on top of pain, while the right words can be a glimmer of light that someone desperately needs in their hour of darkness. Shelby Forsythia’s Of Course I’m Here Right Now helps us find the words that help the most.

When we’re in grief, we create space for what’s broken. We should create space for what’s broken.  And yet, amongst that brokenness, can we also see what remains? 

When absolutely nothing made sense, I wrote the words that I needed to hear. As we enter the peak of the holiday season and turn the page to another year, I share these words with you. Perhaps they might hold something that you need to hear too.

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).