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Articles on Grief
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But will the audience remain loyal to Carmy and his endless drive for perfection in a high-failure rate industry?
‘If an abyss is where I shall be for the rest of my life’, writes Yiyun Li, ‘the abyss is my habitat.’ Her book is a major contribution to literature on mourning.
Once thought to be an unhealthy experience, researchers now know that feelings of nostalgia can promote greater social connectedness and a deeper sense of meaning and purpose.
Not all of us get to grieve a stable and warm relationship. We may feel complicated emotions beyond sadness.
You don’t need to have met someone to grieve for them. But when a pope dies, how do we tell the difference between grief and the longing for meaning?
As pets increasingly become integral to our emotional lives, acknowledging the relevance of this relationship is fundamental
Many are surprised by the depth of sad yearning they feel after selling the childhood home. The grief can be especially profound if it coincides with a parent dying.
Through the vehicle of a family drama, Melbourne Theatre Company’s play emphasises the value of embodied knowledge – and how this can never be replaced by AI.
Many bereaved relatives hope an inquest will identify institutional failings that contributed to the death - but the system is often not up to the challenge.
Elegy, Southwest, by Miles Franklin shortlisted author Madeleine Watts, weaves together the themes of imminent personal and environmental collapse.
In Memorial Days, Geraldine Brooks processes the sudden death of her husband of 35 years, and shares how other cultures make space for grieving.
Grief is not about building a new life without the person you’ve lost but about finding new ways of incorporating them into your ongoing reality.
Bridget Jones is single again and having to contend with the world of modern dating
How does one write the essence of a life once it has come to an end?Mark Raphael Baker’s A Season of Death is an intimate, at times harrowing, portrait of grief.
Fan communities coping with a celebrity loss do several things that help their members feel supported and connected.
Life-limiting illness affects the whole family. Navigating a path through the confusion is hard, but you don’t have to do it alone.
A clinical psychologist offers research-backed ways to work through grief and support grieving friends and family members during the holidays.
Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.
The tour has been going on for a long time and has been a source of stability for many.
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Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
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Professor of Social Work, CQUniversity Australia
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Honorary Research Fellow, Director of Bereavement Services Counselling & Mental Health Clinic, York St John University
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Lecturer in Sociology, Deputy Director of the Centre for Ageing and the Life Course, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Psychology, Curtin University
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Professor, Social Work, University of Waterloo
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Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
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Lecturer, The Cairnmillar Institute Melbourne, La Trobe University
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PhD Candidate, Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sociology, Drake University
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Personal Chair, Literary Studies, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Lakehead University
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Dean's Professor of Sociology and Professor of Spatial Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Counseling Psychologist, Catholic University of Eastern Africa