Grieving a Diagnosis: When Loss Isn’t About Death
Grief isn’t just about death. Receiving a diagnosis—whether for yourself or a loved one—can trigger deep grief over lost certainty, identity, and dreams. Learn why grieving a diagnosis matters and how to cope with compassion.
PTSD vs. Grief: Why They’re Not the Same (But Can Overlap)
Discover the difference between grief and PTSD, how they overlap, and why understanding both matters. Learn how grief is a natural response to loss while PTSD is the brain stuck in survival mode—and why support looks different for each.
Carrying Love Forward: Healing Through the Four Tasks of Grief
Learn how Worden’s Four Tasks of Grief—accepting the reality of loss, feeling the pain, adjusting to a changed world, and finding lasting connection—can guide you through healing. Grief isn’t stages, it’s work, and these tasks offer compassionate tools for moving forward while honoring your love.
The Many Faces of Grief: Understanding the Different Types of Grief
Explore the many types of grief—anticipatory, disenfranchised, complicated, and more—and why naming your grief helps you heal.
Why Grief Can Make You Physically Exhausted: Understanding the Body’s Response to Loss
Grief can cause fatigue, brain fog, and body aches. Learn why grief impacts your body—and how to care for yourself through the exhaustion.
Grief vs. Mourning: What’s the Difference?
Discover the key differences between grief and mourning. Learn how grief is the internal experience of loss, while mourning is its outward expression—and why understanding both can support healing.
The Grieving Teenager: What’s Going On & How You Can Help
Learn how to recognize the signs of grief and suicide risk in teenagers and discover practical ways to support your grieving teen with compassion and confidence.
The Five Dimensions of Grief: A More Human Way to Understand Loss
Explore the Five Dimensions of Grief—a compassionate, realistic alternative to the outdated stages model. Learn how grief impacts your body, mind, emotions, relationships, and beliefs.
Anticipatory Grief: Grieving Before the Goodbye
Learn what anticipatory grief is, its stages and symptoms, and how to cope with the emotional rollercoaster of grieving before a loss. Validation, support, and tools to help you through.
What is Prolonged Grief Disorder?
Learn what Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) is, how it differs from typical grief, and why Griefology questions the diagnosis in a culture that rushes grief and silences mourning.