Living with grief

There's no one right way to experience grief, and understanding and working through our emotions after losing someone can be incredibly difficult. While even reading a few pages may feel impossible immediately after losing someone you care about, many people find that, over time, reading helps

Experiencing the loss of someone close can be one of the hardest things to face in life, while coping with such a profound loss can seem just as difficult. Dealing with the death of a loved one can be especially difficult for those who have never dealt with grief. While dealing with grief, it’s

When processing grief, it’s often difficult to translate feelings into words. Sometimes, it can be helpful to lean on the words of others to show your emotions. From religious figures like Saint Francis of Assisi to world renown authors like Leo Tolstoy, many historical figures have written and spok

While many people have heard of the five stages of grief, their application is frequently misunderstood. When Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler first wrote about the five stage in 1969, they applied them to the grief of knowing one’s own death is imminent, not the grief of losing someone else.

Bereavement is the period of time following a loss in which grief and mourning occur. While some cultures apply fixed time windows to bereavement (for example, in Jewish culture, families sit shiva for seven days following a death), bereavement is different for each person and loss. It’s also worth

What is bereavement leave? Bereavement leave is a type of leave of absence from work due to the death of a close relative. It is typically used to grieve the loss of a loved one, which can be very therapeutic to do away from work rather than trying to cope with loss while not able to leave work