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Giving Grief a Chance

I never wanted to be one of those grief-stricken ladies who looks like she’s made her life a shrine to her lost child/spouse/sibling. I...

A Condolence a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

Did you know that helpful condolences can improve healing in wounds and illnesses? Turns out that the empathy in consolation can even...

How Do I Listen?

I had no idea that I didn’t know how to be a great listener until I saw my own (non-) listening patterns played out in so many of my dear...

The Heart of the Matter (Or How to Write a Condolence Note)

What if you knew you could write a condolence message that would actually be helpful to a grieving friend? No more sweaty palms,...

The Kiss of Death

Friendships can be among the first casualties of grief. I’m not talking about the mistakes we make that send the griever running away...

Paying Our Respects with Respect

The key to offering ease to a grieving friend is respect. Why respect? Because we actually do respect them, and showing them our respect...

Hijacker Helper

Face to face with a grieving friend, often we resort to a move I’ve come to call the Hijacker Helper. It's a style of consolation that...

Be a Bridge

When it comes to figuring out which condolences to say to a grieving friend, a situation that makes most humans like me prefer life in a...

Radical Kindness in Condolences

When the moment arrives to give condolences, much of what we’ve been taught to say is best kept in a dark, airless room until we’ve...

The Hidden Names of Death

This year, on the 18th anniversary of the day we lost our toddler son, Jake, for the first time, I posted a story on Facebook about his...

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