Last night, a grieving person shared that he’s being “pushed toward closure” by others. Another young man whose brother died more than...

We live in a world that sends us wrong minded messages: That we are entitled to "be happy" all the time and that we should rarely, if...

My heart shattered, broken into millions of pieces, The day you died. And because there was nothing else to do, I let those shattered...

"Why, why, why does this hurt so much?!" She begged me to help her understand why the death of her daughter's dog, two years later, was...

This is a story about keeping our hearts open, even when they are broken, and the willingness to connect with others. Yesterday, I went...

This article comes at a very good time indeed. Why?  Because in the last 48 hours, I've received four emails from providers ill-prepared...

The sun is simple. A sword is simple. A storm is simple. Behind everything simple is a huge tail of complicated. -Terry Pratchett Names have been changed and stories used with permission. Sudden, traumatic, and ambiguous losses are almost always complicated.  Beth had been “euphorically married” to Joel for 12 years. For the first six years of their marriage, they “struggled” with infertility. During year seven of their marriage, just as they’d both “given up hope for a

In May of 2016, I took a hard fall and broke my arm in two places. I tore my shirt (landed in a bush tree), ripping easily through the...

I cry easily often and with great ease. I always say that my superpower is that I feel. This past week, I was in Aspen and Glenwood...