Shocking. Cruel. Unethical. Tragic.

These are only a few words that come to mind when I see some of the attacks being levied towards those in the public eye who have lost a loved one. It is upsetting on so many levels – and I have had to wait a few days to gather my tho...

One of my oldest and dearest friends recently lost her mom. It was a hard-fought battle and a message I had dreaded for a long time. When I spoke to my friend later that day, she seemed ok, given what had happened - but a mutual friend had said to her: "Welcome to The...

The layers of loss are not always clear when it first happens. My mother's death left deep scars in my world - a nervous breakdown, loss of health and focus and time. I didn't get to heal the wounds between us, and then suddenly one day, she was just gone. I was 25.

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Like many of you, I get wrapped up in the lives of public figures. And the last several days have been historic and powerful in the weight of loss from two American icons.

I spent the last two days watching two very different life celebrations, funerals and farewells...

It's been a heartbreaking week - to lose such luminaries as Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain to suicide in such a short span of time is unfathomable. It has taken me a bit to gather my thoughts and look after the folks in my world who have been deeply triggered by these...

I have been in tears many times since Valentine’s Day, watching yet another school and community be shattered by gunshots. I made the mistake of watching the footage from inside the classrooms…it wasn’t the visuals that tore at me, it was the sounds – the gunshots, the...

Anytime Grief & Loss are in the spotlight, it gets my attention. Yesterday, Dr. Phil did his show partially about Melissa (left), who lost her mother 1½ years ago and has gotten stuck in her pain and anguish. It is affecting her relationship, her work and her parenting...

As someone who has seen political outrage and national anger hundreds of times, I am struck by how bitter and ugly these times are. And it seems to me that our

Grieving often involves a tremendous amount of suffering. But lately, I seem to be running across a great many people who have lost someone or something to which they were deeply deeply attached: a soulmate, a child, a best friend – even an animal. These folks are not...

So 2016 is behind us – and on so many levels, it was terribly rough on so many people. Personally, financially, physically, spiritually – the blows fell so fast and furious that it was difficult for us to recover from one shooting or attack before another loss or shock...