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Explore the Five Dimensions of Grief—a compassionate, realistic alternative to the outdated stages model.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.
The Stages of Grief: Helpful Framework or Total BS?
Discover the Five and Seven Stages of Grief—what they get right, what they miss, and why grief isn’t a linear process. Learn how these models can help (or frustrate) your healing journey.
Why We’re So Bad at Grieving
Our culture rushes grief, pressures us to move on, and avoids tough conversations about loss. This post explores why society struggles with grief and how we can do better.
What is Grief?
Grief is more than just sadness—it’s a deeply personal, unpredictable response to loss that doesn’t follow a set timeline. This post unpacks what grief really is, the different ways it manifests, and why society’s expectations around “moving on” can do more harm than good. Discover a more compassionate, realistic perspective on grief.