Healing Tip – December 2023

The holidays can be a wonderful time of year for many as people begin to accessorize their homes with festive decorations for the season. For a person who is grieving perhaps this is a more difficult time. Grief is bad enough, but it can be magnified when the holiday...

Healing Tip – November 2023

Grief as an Origin Story As I’ve been preparing my kids for Halloween and enjoying all the fantastical costumes, superheroes, and popular toys of my own childhood, it has reminded me of a topic I’ve been mulling over in my head for months. It started over the summer...

Healing Tip – October 2023

Aspects of grief can feel jarring and destabilizing. As grievers experience the death, they must work through secondary losses like the absence of their favorite person to share a film, a dinner partner or expert on a topic.  Changes do not only impact...

Healing Tip – August 2023

Many grievers feel unsupported as their grief continues beyond expectations of mourning time. There are messages in society that display support systems are comfortable when grievers return back to life as ‘normal’ and show they are outwardly functioning. ...

How to Find a Grief Organization

Grief organizations play a vital role in offering compassion, counseling, and a sense of community to individuals and families going through the grieving process.

Healing Tip – July 2023

“Grief, I say, come in. Sit down. I have tea. There is honey. This will take as long as it takes.”  – This Hallowed Wilderness One of the programs I am responsible for at COPE is our healing workshops, opportunities for bereaved individuals to learn more...