After a loss, one of the hardest things isn’t just the grief itself — it’s the feeling that no one around you really gets it. Grief support groups exist for exactly that reason: to put you in a room (or a Zoom) with people who understand because they’ve been there too. Grief in Common, founded […]
Grief changes you — and that means it changes every relationship around you too. The people you expected to show up may disappear, the things people say can sting even when they mean well, and you can feel completely alone in a room full of people who love you. In Episode 4 of the GRIEF […]
Grief Across Development: What Professionals Need to Know Children grieve. That statement seems obvious, but the ways in which child grief is misread, minimized, or mishandled in clinical, educational, and family systems suggest that professional understanding of childhood bereavement still has significant room to grow. Children do not grieve the way adults grieve — and […]
How Children Grieve: Supporting Kids (and Yourself) After a Loss Grief doesn’t look the same at every age. In this episode, we’re joined by clinical social worker Jennifer Kimlingen to talk about how children process loss, why grief can resurface at different developmental stages, and how adults can create safe, supportive environments for grieving kids. […]
When someone dies, your daily routine often disappears with them — and the empty space that’s left can feel just as disorienting as the grief itself. Structure is not about keeping busy or moving on; it is about giving yourself something to hold onto when everything feels chaotic. In Episode 3 of the GRIEF Ladies […]
Sleep Disruption as a Clinical Feature of Grief Sleep disturbance is one of the most commonly reported and least addressed symptoms of bereavement. Research consistently shows that grieving individuals experience higher rates of insomnia, disrupted sleep architecture, early morning waking, and nighttime anxiety than the general population — yet sleep is rarely a primary focus […]
Grief & Insomnia: CBTI Tools to Help You Sleep Again If you’ve been lying awake at night since someone died, you’re not alone. Grief often disrupts sleep, making bedtime feel anxious, frustrating, or emotionally overwhelming. For many people, insomnia becomes one of the most exhausting parts of loss. In this episode of the GRIEF Ladies […]
Grief is not just emotional — it is physical. The exhaustion, the brain fog, the heaviness you feel in your chest are real, measurable effects happening in your body. Taking care of your physical basics after a loss is one of the most direct ways to give yourself the capacity to move through grief. In […]
Anticipatory Grief & Alzheimer’s: Coping While Caring for Someone Still Alive Grief doesn’t always wait for death. When you’re caring for someone with Alzheimer’s — especially younger onset Alzheimer’s — you may find yourself grieving ongoing changes long before the end of life. This is anticipatory grief, and it can feel confusing, exhausting, and deeply […]
Grief That Begins Before Death Anticipatory grief is not a lesser form of grief. It is grief occurring in real time, in response to real losses — losses of function, personality, memory, relational reciprocity, and shared future — that accumulate across the trajectory of a progressive illness. For caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, this […]
