Death is a sheltered experience in our dominant culture, and many shy away from doing anything so as to avoid doing the ...

The holiday season can stir up feelings of grief as people navigate loss and loneliness from Thanksgiving to Christmas and ...

Loved ones often try to alleviate some of the grief a person may be feeling by offering helpful phrases or advice, but what ...

A New Orleans Grief Center counselor says the holiday season can be especially difficult for people grieving a loved one.

According to Lockett, more Black families are honoring loved ones through cremation or celebration-of-life ceremonies rather ...

There’s no perfect way to comfort someone who’s grieving, but being thoughtful about what we say is a powerful place to start. Even if you’re not sure what to say, here's what matters: You tried and ...

Grief follows no rules, and there are times we find ourselves grieving someone who is still alive. Death is not the only kind of loss we experience, after all. People are lost to us in many other ways ...

When someone we care about experiences a significant loss, our natural instinct is to help ease their pain. Yet many of us freeze, uncertain what to say or do, fearful of making their suffering worse.

Everyone handles grief differently, but counselors and therapists say it's important to have someone there to help and to ...

Sudden surges of anguish can accompany intense mourning. That’s not unusual, experts say, and sometimes even helpful.

After losing his mother to a stroke in 2022, a Brownsville native is turning personal grief into a grassroots foundation, ...