Divorce is a trauma; it's a death and a loss. You have to grieve it. Still, there are ways to do so healthily.

When a family grieves a loss, a barrage of different emotions, reactions, and coping mechanisms will emerge, likely at different paces. The process of grief may include shutting down, crying, sleeping ...

Earlier this year, my father passed away. As a therapist who has worked extensively with grief, and a person who has experienced many loses in recent years, in ways this was familiar terrain. Yet, ...

Grief is often described as something to be overcome; a hurdle to clear before life can return to normal. But according to Louis A. Gamino, a board-certified clinical psychologist with Baylor Scott & ...

An international study investigates spontaneous after-death communication to understand how participants perceive the emotional state of the deceased and how this perception influences their grieving ...

“It’s time to move on” is a statement that people who are grieving often hear. Although people are trying their best to be supportive, this statement is the least helpful. The most important thing to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. McGill Desautels Faculty professor covering leadership and strategy. When Paul Simard calls grief “a gift,” he means it in the ...

In September, my mom died after a short battle with colon cancer. She was 83 and lived a full life in which she had a fulfilling career in education, traveled the world visiting 100-plus countries, ...

In our "death-phobic" society, few of us make the effort to prepare for death — but the ability to do so is a gift that no ...