Loss is one of the hardest human experiences we all have to go through at some point. Saying goodbye to a loved one and grieving them is a difficult process, and it looks different for everyone. When ...

The 6:14 a.m. spousal text glowed in the pre-dawn gloaming. “You’re OK, right?” “Why would I not be OK?” I replied at 6:26 a.m. on Friday, July 20, 2012. “Shooting at a movie theater, many dead” came ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—In a world where grief often feels like uncharted territory, Dr. Ashley Atkins, Western Michigan University associate professor of philosophy, seeks to gain a deeper understanding of ...

I believe the majority of people who come for grief work come because of their lack of knowledge about the realities of grief. That is not to say that people are not in pain due to their loss, but ...

C.S. Lewis opens “A Grief Observed” with this: “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” More than a decade and a half after my son John’s death, I meditate on Lewis’ words. They are true, ...