My Loss

‘Everything Happens for a Reason’ Is Not a Thing

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And other lessons therapist Lori Gottlieb, the author of 'Maybe You Should Talk To Someone,' learned from her patients who are grieving — and those who are dying.

When Twinning is Losing

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With my aunt's death earlier this year, I lost a loving and uncanny living link to my dead mother - her identical twin.

My Complex Organ Donation Decision

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I declined to donate my daughter's organs before her death. But I can't help imagining saying yes to an act powerful enough to save another mother’s child.

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‘Take Ownership of What You’ve Discovered’

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Writer Dani Shapiro opens up about secrets, healing through exploring, and the thrill of of the word “million.”

My Hard, Lonely and Strangely Magical Trip through Young Widowhood

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Two years after my husband's death, good days have finally returned — and so have bad dreams.

This Podcast Begins at the End

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'Julie' — a new miniseries about dying — is surprisingly hopeful.

Grief Bacon: Pressuring Myself

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My husband's hands were the cool compress that soothed my migraines. After his opiate overdose, I'm struggling to replace his healing touch with my own.

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Grief Bacon: The Masks I Wear

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My child's cancer diagnosis abruptly halted reflection on my own post-cancer body and soul. But after he died, it came roaring back.

A Day in the Life of My Grief — Illustrated

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In which I wonder, 'How can all 19 Duggars be alive and I lost my only sister?'

A Heartthrob Dies, and a Generation Mourns

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Luke Perry suddenly vanished, and we’re left behind to face our own mortality.

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5 Ways to Empower Children with Financial Responsibility

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Kids can start learning earlier than you think. The childhood lessons my parents taught me served as a powerful, lifelong legacy in the wake of their untimely and sudden deaths.

When You’re Everyone’s Favorite Grief Doula

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The first of my friends to lose a parent, I stand at the ready welcoming others into the club no one wants to join.

The Surviving Spouse’s Guide to Surviving a Hallmark Holiday

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4 ways to give yourself what you deserve on Valentine’s Day — and every day — when you’re missing a dead partner.

‘Querida Amor’

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My father was scary to me except on Valentine’s Day. When he died, those treacly annual expressions of fatherly love went with him.

His Sister Was Dying as We Were Falling in Love

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I learned of her illness shortly after our first date. Her absence remains a presence still.

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My Big Black Sunglasses

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I bought a pair to shield myself during my mother's demise. Little did I know they'd lovingly do so through all types of loss.

My Cat’s Death Broke My Brain

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It wasn’t just my heart that went to pieces when she left my side.

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Welcome to New York

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Suddenly worth half a million dollars through the dumb luck of my dad's death, I rooted myself to a new and unfamiliar home.

The Good Work of Providing Good Food for Solace

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Some delicious and nourishing ways to lift the burden of cooking from a grieving person's shoulders.

How I’m Dealing with Climate Grief

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Sometimes I'm grateful my mom is dead—she gets to avoid witnessing the devastation on Earth. Getting involved in climate justice has given me hope.

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