What is navigating grief like as a child or teen? Managing grief and loss is hard enough at any age, but as a child or teen it can be even harder–there’s no life context for these big feelings, and there hasn’t been enough time or experience to practice navigating this type of vulnerability and loss. […]
Grief is a deeply personal and often intense experience. It can make us withdraw from our loved ones, from our regular routines, from our hobbies, and even sometimes from ourselves. This isolation, while temporarily comforting or numbing, can make managing and navigating our grief even more burdensome. But grief doesn’t have to be endured alone. […]
Suicide is a difficult subject to talk about, which makes it a difficult subject to fully understand. Because of this, there are a lot of myths and misconceptions about suicide that can actually harm our understanding of what it means to be suicidal, struggle with suicidal ideation, or how to be a support to someone […]
When we think about grief, we tend to associate the emotion with the death of a loved one or the end of a serious relationship. Overwhelming feelings of grief are often brought on by significant losses, but they can be triggered by small losses as well, like moving away from home or losing a connection […]
There’s a lot of misinformation out in the world about suicide. One thing we’ve come to learn at Grief Recovery Center is suicide is something that many people don’t like to think or talk about, but avoiding the topic can actually lead to harm. Suicide is incredibly stigmatized, even as our cultural understanding of mental […]
Like all holidays, Mother’s Day can bring up complicated feelings. For some people, Mother’s Day is a day set aside to celebrate the moms in their life, and for others it is a painful reminder of grief. It can be difficult for people with positive relationships with their mothers to understand the complicated feelings that […]
February is a month that is heavy on emotion. Even though it’s a quick month, Valentine’s Day tends to overshadow the rest of it, because it seems like it’s everywhere. It’s on TV, in movies, plastered over social media, and even in the news. For many people, Valentine’s Day can be a mixed bag. A […]
When was the last time you paid attention to your inner child? Picture yourself like a Russian nesting doll. Your present self, at the age you are now, is the largest outer toy. Since we can only see the outside, we assume each of us are showing up in the world only as our present […]
Have you ever done something you regret? We all have regrets in life. Sometimes regrets are about things we did, and sometimes they’re focused on things we didn’t do. Regret can feel intense, so it’s an emotion that people sometimes fear. Regret is common, and it is possible to move forward from things that you […]
Grief is extremely hard to navigate. There’s so much we’re never taught about grief–especially how frequent it can be in our life, how it can come from sources other than death, and how the stages of our grief aren’t necessarily easy little steps. And often, until we experience it, we aren’t given any tools or […]
