Parents and educators sometimes avoid having conversations about grief with children because they don’t know what to say. Here are some tips for how to approach it.
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Musician, mother, widow: this moving account of an extraordinarily creative life details the highs and lows of walking the earth as a woman.
Fans didn’t just watch the Blue Jays — they carried the emotional weight of a season. Here’s why fandom feels so personal, and how we process it all.
Contrary to popular belief, grief doesn’t unfold in 5 neat stages. Yet, when loss is traumatic, it can take a heavy emotional and physical toll, leaving mourners and their supporters overwhelmed and unsure how to help.
The Disney film offers powerful lessons about helping children who are navigating grief.
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.
Reading and maintaining a human connection have a vital role to play as extreme events that have long served as the stuff of dystopian fiction simply become a part of everyday life.
The first wind phone appeared in Japan in 2010, and the concept has since spread around the world.
Both are traumatic life events for the prospective parents and family. But the terms can be confused.
This fever-dream Swedish novella demonstrates an incomparable ability to give name to the things we feel but have been unable to find the right words for.
A bereavement counsellor explains how to cope with the loss of a parent.
There are many social assumptions about how to best ‘get through’ grief. We interview 95 people about their experiences of loss and found we need to rethink what grief looks and feels like.
A celebrated poet and Nobel laureate, Louise Glück wrote about mortality, broken families and human frailty with devastating wryness and quiet beauty.
Letting go of what could have been is a critical step in handling ambiguous loss.
Think about what story it is you want to tell about your loved one, how you want it to end and what you want your audience to take home.
The synth and strings signature of Oliver Coates’ score are combined with the isolated vocals of David Bowie and Freddie Mercury to haunting effect.
From Bali to China, Italy to India, the way people grieve varies greatly across the world.
Reflection Rooms support people making sense of experiences related to dying and death. They provide an immersive space to read stories written by others and write and share their own stories.
An expert on grief says give people space and time to come to terms with loss and don’t expect them to need – or want – ‘closure.’
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Honorary Research Fellow, Director of Bereavement Services Counselling & Mental Health Clinic, York St John University
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Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
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Associate Head of Early Childhood Studies, University of Guelph-Humber
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Professor, Social Work, University of Waterloo
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Professor of English Language and Applied Linguistics, University of Birmingham
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Professor, English and Folklore Studies, University of Oregon
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Senior Lecturer in English , University of Birmingham
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Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Researcher, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University
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Instructor (Grief Education Program), Therapist, Social Worker, Consultant, University of Toronto
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Adjunct professor, Carleton University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy and Asian/Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Loyola University Chicago
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University