Many of us want to be there to help a friend or family member who is experiencing a severe loss. Words often fail us at times like these. Some of us are so afraid to say or do the wrong thing, we end ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grief is hard and the holidays make it even harder. Our society does not understand or like grief. In fact, we do a great job of ...

Dear Eric: I have a friend I’ll call “Sally.” She is in her mid-50s and is single with no kids. Both of her parents are deceased. Prior to her mother’s death, she quit her job to care for her. Once ...

It's easy to forget, but the holidays can be a really hard time for some people, especially those who've recently lost someone they love. For NPR's Life Kit, Julia Furlan talked to grief experts about ...

The holidays are generally perceived as “the most wonderful time of the year.” But for those who are facing grief after the death of a loved one, the holidays may instead be a time filled with pain ...

For the first six months of 2016, I was living back home in Miles City for the first time since graduating from high school in 2008. A highlight of these months were the many times I was stopped by ...

One of the worst things to tell someone who’s grieving is that you know exactly what they're going through. Even if you've also lost a loved one—maybe you’re a widow consoling someone who has newly ...

As I watch my son grieve the loss of another close friend only a month and a half after losing the first, it reminds me that we are in a time where parents have to prepare to discuss conversations of ...

When we want to support someone who’s grieving, we often stall out in the greeting card aisle, unsure if whichever Hallmark platitude we choose will ring true. Or we find ourselves Googling “gifts for ...

A wind phone can be highly therapeutic for grieving children and teens as it helps them feel connected to a late parent.