How to Comfort Someone Grieving: 3 Powerful Ways to Show Up with Care
Learn how to comfort someone grieving with three free powerful, practical strategies: validate their emotions, stay present over time, and gently provide perspective. Discover what to say, how to support a grieving friend, and take the free Grief Supporter Strength quiz.
Grief in the Body: How to Cope When Your Physical Self Becomes a Source of Suffering
What is body grief? After illness, trauma, pregnancy loss, or cancer it’s normal to grieve the body you used to have. Learn how embodied grief impacts your identity, why physical changes are more than “just” in your body, and practical tools to cope when your body is the site of loss.
5 Reasons Why You Can’t Cry After a Loss—Even If You’re Sad
Wondering why you can’t cry after a loss—even if you’re devastated or sad? Learn five reasons tears might not be flowing right now, and discover alternative ways your grief might be showing up, with or without crying.
Grief Doesn’t Get Easier After a Year—In Fact, Year Two Can Be Even Harder
Grief doesn’t end at the one-year mark. For many, year two brings deeper pain, fewer supporters, and more losses to mourn. Explore why grief often intensifies after the first year—and what you actually need to move forward with compassion and care.
11 Ways to Sleep Better After Loss: What to Do When You Can’t Sleep or Sleep Too Much
Struggling to sleep after a loss? This grief-informed guide offers 11 practical tips to help when you can't sleep—or when you're sleeping too much. Learn what to do during the day, before bed, and in the middle of the night to support your rest after a loss.
What to Say to Someone Grieving: Three Phrases That Actually Help Whether It’s Been Days, Months, or Years Since the Loss
Not sure what to say to someone grieving a loss? This compassionate guide shares words to comfort someone grieving—plus examples for cards, texts, and long-term support—so you can show up with care and confidence.
What to Keep After Someone Dies: How to Sort Through the (Literal) Stuff of Grief
How do you decide what do you keep after someone dies? Learn how grief turns ordinary belongings into sacred objects, explore Charlene Lam’s Three C’s of “Curating Grief,” and discover a compassionate, intentional way to sort through the literal stuff of grief.
Why “Time Heals All” Is a Myth—and What Actually Helps Grievers Heal
Grieving people know “time heals all” is a lie. Learn the ancient history of this phrase, why it harms more than it helps, and what actually supports real healing after loss—plus what to say instead.
10 Comforting Activities for Grief That Are Free or Low-Cost
Grief is heavy, but support doesn’t have to be expensive. Discover 10 free or low-cost activities—like walking, playing music, journaling, and spending time in nature—that support emotional healing and bring relief, grounding, and connection after loss.
How to Answer “How Are You?” in Grief: 20 Truthful, Boundaried, and Protective Options
Grief makes even small talk feel massive. Discover 20 thoughtful ways to answer “How are you?”—from full-truth invitations to polite deflections—so you can honor your grief, protect your energy, and respond in a way that feels right for you, moment to moment.