Understanding and coping with ambiguous loss

If you’ve been feeling listless, angry, or unable to focus, I want to remind you that you aren’t broken. We’ve been in cycle after cycle of collective grief and trauma.

Who was your person to you? How might you get those needs met now? Read more for an exercise that invites you to reflect on what you’ve lost and begin to chart a path forward.

There are a thousand ways to be present to your grief. At its core, grief asks nothing more of us than to be allowed, witnessed, and experienced. Today, I want to remind you of some of the ways you can do this (no therapist required).

When you’re grieving, gratitude can feel complicated. What’s a grieving person to do in the season of thankfulness?

If you’re feeling extra tender right now, it might be more than what you’re aware of on the surface. It might also be an activation of feelings you know all too well: reminders that life can sometimes be so deeply painful, unpredictable, unsafe, and unfair.

Is grief calling for your attention?

Strategies for managing acute grief

What does it mean when our expression of love for those we’ve lost changes over time? As everything keeps changing, will our love change too?

It takes so much to move forward after a life-changing loss. When’s the last time you really gave yourself grace for all that you’ve lived through?