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Hard Grief Truths

Day 64: Hard Grief Truths So much of my personal and professional work exists in the realm of building tolerance—tolerance for...

Why do I feel worse now?

Day 63: Why does it feel harder? One of the hardest things about grief is how it can feel like it’s getting worse, seemingly out of the...

The Who-To-Tell Pyramid

Day 62: The “Who-to-Tell” Pyramid As I reflect on the early days of my own acute grief, I remember the hazy quality of everything—the...

The Missing Keeps Happening

Day 61: The Missing Keeps Happening Before experiencing acute grief, it’s hard to conceptualize the level of missing that grievers live...

Pause

Day 60: Pause. Get Quiet. Get Still. Drink a Paloma. Turn Inward. Shift. I am living what I have witnessed so often—the increased...

There is a Why

Grieving a child is barely survivable. I see it everyday. As I am with people trying to survive the unimaginable, I spend a lot of time...

Grief Chambers

Day 57: How Does a Therapist Grieve #9? I let myself fall apart in the car and on the airplane. Cars and planes can be grief...

Enough Space

Day 56: How Does a Grief Therapist Grieve #8? I hold the possibility that there is enough space for both my own grief AND for the...

#7 Surrender to Receiving

Day 55: How Does a Therapist Grieve #7? Surrendering to Receiving (featuring work by artist @paulxrutz) Receiving help can feel like an...

#2: Noticing the Absences

Day 50: How Does a Therapist Grieve #2? Noticing the Absences As painful as it is, I let myself notice the absences. My mom offered up ...

#1a: Why these books?

Day 49: 1a. Why these Children’s Grief Books? The reason I offer up these books is that they cover the 4 important elements in...

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