Advice

How to Find the Right Therapeutic Support

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Practical, tactical steps you can take to identify someone who can help your grieving soul.

Don’t Talk About How ‘It Gets Better’

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This is what I wish my friends knew when my parents died.

How to Widow

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16 steps to start navigating the winding path of life with a dead partner

Grief Download: 5 Podcast Episodes You Need To Hear

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Listen to Prince Harry, Michelle Obama and others get real about loss.

My Childhood’s Signature Scent

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The smell of tobacco brings my late father — and his favorite vice — back into my airspace.

ASK MODERN LOSS: Do My Kids Need a New Male Role Model?

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A single mom by choice asks our advice columnist what to do now that her brother and father are gone.

How To Write an Obituary: A Primer

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The tips you need for crafting a compelling true-life story (plus: examples of obits that got it right).

Disrupting the Funeral: 7 Innovations You Should Know About 

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From cremains pressed into vinyl records to photo-wrapped coffins, our columnist finds 7 suprisingly cool products no one wants to search for.

My Dead Mom Turned Me Into a Functional Hoarder

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Help! I find it impossible to give away any of the toys my mother gave my children.

Resilience column Ask Modern Loss, Adam Grant

‘Resilient’ Is Not a Four Letter Word

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Our guest 'Ask ML' columnist and 'Option B' coauthor Adam Grant on bite-sized — and big — ways to embrace post-traumatic growth.

A Very Brady Christmas (But Way More Complicated)

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A newly engaged widow wants to know how to manage her bereaved in-laws' expectations this season. Our advice columnist weighs in.

Help! My Sister Keeps Posting Photos of Our Dead Father (and Tagging Me) on Social

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Our advice columnist on what to do when your sibling keeps posting pics of your dead dad and tagging you on Facebook. #sigh

Remembering Grandma as She Really Was

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Some guidelines for memorializing someone at the end of a long and debilitating illness

Grief Is a Change Agent

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This Thanksgiving, don’t normalize your grief. Turn it into a catalyst.  

The Grinch in Your Mailbox?

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Should a holiday letter say how much pain you're in? Our advice columnist weighs in.

Six Reasons Why You Should Focus on a Grieving Child

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The director of child and family grief support organization A Caring Hand offers simple ways to make a huge difference.

No Thanks(giving)

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My parents and I aren't in a Thanksgiving mood after my brother's sudden death. Other relatives disagree. How can we can ditch the holiday in style?

When Self Care Looks Like Paying The Cable Bill

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"My father-in-law suddenly died. How do I take care of them, and myself, while working full-time?" Meg's case for the little things.

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

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Struggling after her twin brother's death, a woman wonders if she should (or even could) take time off from working at a tiny startup. Our latest advice column.

What To Say (or Not) to Someone Who Has Had a Miscarriage

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Ever wish there were an illustrated guide on supporting someone who has had a miscarriage? Now there is.

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