Articles about Loss
13 free articles, newest first. Every one is a few minutes long, written in plain language, and open to everyone with no account.
Telling Your Children You Are Separating
The conversation most separating parents dread. How to plan it, what to say in the first thirty seconds, which three things to state outright, and what to leave out of…
When a Sibling Stops Speaking to You
No row, no explanation, just silence that has lasted months. Living with an estranged brother or sister, what to try, what not to, and how to carry it when nothing…
Dreaming About Someone Who Died
They were alive in the dream, and then you woke up. Why these dreams come, why waking from them hurts so much, and what to do with the hour afterward.
Telling a Child Someone Has Died
You have to say it and you do not know how. The words that work, the ones to avoid, and what children of different ages tend to need afterward.
The Paperwork After Someone Dies
Accounts to close, forms that ask the same question nine times, and hold music while you are barely upright. How to get through the administration of a death.
Clearing Out Their Things
The wardrobe, the shed, the handwriting on a shopping list. Why sorting a person's belongings is harder than anyone warns you, and how to do it at a pace you can bear.
The Week After You Lose Your Job
However it happened, the first week is its own problem. What to do in the first few days, what to leave alone, and why this hits harder than the money explains.
When Your Pet Dies
People will say it was just an animal. It was not. Why losing a pet hits so hard, what to do with the guilt, and how to get through the first weeks.
When Your Adult Child Stops Speaking to You
The calls stopped. You do not fully understand why, and every attempt to fix it seems to make it worse.
The Quiet Grief of Infertility
Every month is a small loss, and almost nobody around you sees it. Why trying to conceive can be one of the loneliest kinds of grief, and what helps when hope keeps…
Getting Through the First Weeks After a Breakup
Whether you ended it or they did, the first weeks are a strange kind of grief. What to expect, what helps and what quietly makes it worse, and how to know when you need…
When a Friendship Fades
Nobody fought. Nobody moved away. The friendship just thinned out until one day you realized it was gone.
Grief Does Not Move in Stages
You may have heard grief has five stages. Real grief is messier, longer, and stranger than that. What it actually tends to look like, and how to get through a day of it.