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Saying Goodbye to a Home and Grieving Places Past

My grandmother belonged in her home like a doll in her dollhouse. Each article of clothing, piece of furniture, and accessory seemed perfectly suited to her style and personality. I imagine her now, standing in her doorway at 12 am

The Long Goodbye: An Open Letter to Meghan O'Rourke

Dear Meghan, I feel like I should start this letter with an apology. Someone told me of The Long Goodbye shortly after it came out, explaining how much I would love it and telling me that I had to read

Finding your Balance in the Sukkah

Today's guest author is Michal Baitz. Michal is the founder and facilitator of The Mending Word, a healing space for grieving and connecting. The Mending Word is a grief writing workshop created for those who have lost a loved one. Through grief-related

The Burials Along Memory Lane

I remember exactly where I was when I first heard the Jason Isbell song Elephant. It was late at night. I was driving in my car, before I knew about Shazam, trying to remember a couple of lines of lyrics

Grieving During Happy Times of Life

Life after loss is bittersweet. We've talked about it time and again. Suddenly happy moments make you acutely aware of just who isn't here to share in them. They can also serve as reminders of time marching on, the world

30 Quotes About the Loss of a Friend

Like many, we're suckers for a good quote--especially quotes about grief. We've shared many grief quotes in the past, but never quotes about the loss of a friend. But lately, this topic has hit a little closer to home due to personal losses

Grief and Guilt: "I Can't Believe I Did That" Edition

When we train physicians, nurses, and other hospital staff on providing good end-of-life care, we always start and end by reminding them of one thing: The care they provide and the interactions they have with families will stay with family

Grief Hindsight

Episode Transcript Welcome to the What's Your Grief Podcast. I'm Elanor Haley. And I'm Litsa Williams. We're the mental health professionals, turned grief friends, turned co-founders of the website whatsyourgrief. In this podcast, we talk candidly about all things grief.

What's Your Grief Lyric?

We recently asked the WYG community on Instagram the following question: Choose one song lyric or verse to express the grief you're feeling right now, in this moment. What is it? Now, if you've been following WYG for a while, you may